[c-nsp] 7204VXR crashing when trying to load 12.2(33)SRC4

[Jared Gillis]

Chris Wopat wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm trying to get a lab 7204VXR (NPE-400) up and running on SRC code, and am having no luck.
>> I've loaded it up with 12.2(33)SRC4 ipbase, and 12.2(33)SRD3 ipbase, and the router locks or crashes on boot each
>> time:
>>
>> Cisco IOS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-IPBASE-M), Version 12.2(33)SRC4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
>> Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
>> Copyright (c) 1986-2009 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
>> Compiled Mon 11-May-09 16:53 by prod_rel_team
>> Image text-base: 0x60009304, data-base: 0x61E147E0
>>
>> Cisco 7204VXR (NPE400) processor (revision A) with 491520K/32768K bytes of memory.
>>
>> It will either crash there and reload, or sit there forever. I've tried making it use SRC boot code, to no effect.
>>
>> None of the docs I can find say anything more than 7200 is supported (no breakdown on required NPE or IO modules).
>> Has anyone had any luck getting 12.2SR code of any kind running on a 7204VXR? If so, any advice?
> 
> This may be a stretch, but check  the output of `show c7200` for the
> hardware revision. We've run into some buggy NPE-400 hardware that
> showed a hardware revison of  either 1.0 or 1.1 that required
> replacement. In our case the bug revealed its self when it had max ram
> (512mb) and some portion above 256 was accessed.

Hm, sounded like a good possibility, but booting on 12.3 mainline and running show c7200 gives:
C7204VXR CPU EEPROM:
        Hardware Revision        : 1.6
        Top Assy. Part Number    : 800-08136-07
        Part Number              : 73-5308-07
        Board Revision           : A0
        PCB Serial Number        : 30273836
        RMA History              : 00
        Fab Version              : 02
        Fab Part Number          : 28-4086-02
        Product (FRU) Number     : NPE-400
        Deviation Number         : 0-0
        EEPROM format version 4
        EEPROM contents (hex):
          0x00: 04 FF 40 01 F8 41 01 06 C0 46 03 20 00 1F C8 07
          0x10: 82 49 14 BC 07 42 41 30 C1 8B 33 30 32 37 33 38
          0x20: 33 36 00 00 00 04 00 02 02 85 1C 0F F6 02 CB 87
          0x30: 4E 50 45 2D 34 30 30 80 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF
          0x40: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
          0x50: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
          0x60: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
          0x70: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF


> --Chris
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