[gtaSAGE-members] Ultra5 won't boot anymore.

[Julian C. Dunn]

On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 12:21, Adrian Chung wrote:

> I'm unsure of how much work is going to be required once I get the new
> chip, I'm assuming that it'll be blank, and I'll have to reprogram it
> somehow?

No, you don't need to reprogram it. The problem right now is that it
appears that your Sun is unable to save or read the contents of the
NVRAM chip. Usually this is due to the on-chip clock battery being dead,
but in your case it appears that it's due to the chip being fried or
corrupted in some way. Since the chip doesn't actually contain any logic
(being NVRAM == Non-Volatile RAM) it doesn't need any programming. All
you need is a flathead screwdriver to pop the existing chip out of its
socket on the Sun's motherboard and to put the new one in.

- Julian
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