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Article #4899Re: The QUESTION
From: Gregory Dudek
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1989 23:06
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1989 23:06
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I would not otherwise have posted this since I am not sure how
current it is, but the questioner said he and many other could get
on other reply. These values may only apply to 128K ROM Macs.
If I recall correctly, there are new codes or extra
parameters for the newer Mac models. Here's what I have, anyhow.
Greg Dudek
This information was posted some time ago by
Bob Hablutzel BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
>
>
> The Sad Mac error code is six digits long. The first two digits are the
> class code, and tell what the problem is. The second four digits are usually
> meaningless except to repair people (they pinpoint suspected bad chips), but
> for class code 0F, the codes are important. See below.
>
> The Sad Mac codes are:
>
> 01 nnnn ROM test failed.
> 02 nnnn Memory test (Bus sub-test) failed
> 03 nnnn Memory test (byte write) failed
> 04 nnnn Memory test (Mod3 test) failed
> 05 nnnn Memory test (Address uniqueness) failed
>
> Class code 0F indicates failures after the self test at startup:
>
> 0F 0001 Bus error
> 0F 0002 Address error
> 0F 0003 Illegal instruction
> 0F 0004 Zero divide
> 0F 0005 Check instruction
> 0F 0006 TrapV instruction
> 0F 0007 Privilege violation
> 0F 0008 Trace
> 0F 0009 Line 1010
> 0F 000A Line 1111
> 0F 000B Other exceptions
> 0F 000D NMI.
>
> All of these codes, by the way, are reason to gnash one's teeth, and pull
> one's hair, EXCEPT 0F000D. This probably means that the programmer's switch
> is jammed. Unjamming this switch should improve things dramatically.
>
> Good luck to all. Clip and save this posting. Thank you.
>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu!dudek From: dudek@ai.toronto.edu (Gregory Dudek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: The QUESTION Message-ID: <89Sep20.190544edt.10982@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu> Date: 20 Sep 89 23:06:02 GMT References: <862@gtisqr.UUCP> Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Lines: 47