[gtaSAGE-members] Ultra 5 NVRAM issues -- followup.

[Adrian Chung]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:14:21AM -0400, Julian C. Dunn wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Adrian Chung wrote:
> 
> > So I received a new NVRAM, and had to actually pop it in while the
> > server was attempting to POST in order to get the server to reset
> > properly.
> >
> > Now, it at least boots to the OpenBoot prompt, and as expected shows
> > 'ff' for hostid, ethernet address, date, etc.
> >
> > I've followed the SUN NVRAM FAQ, and tried everything in there, no
> > matter what I do, the NVRAM won't reprogram.
> 
> Ok, so it looks like (from your message to SAGE-members) that the
> workstation really is toasted. Did you have it plugged into a surge
> protector per chance?

It is plugged into a surge protector, but not plugged into a UPS.
There are a few other machines on the same surge protector too, and
they've managed to survive...

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