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Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.internals,comp.sys.sun.apps,alt.unix.wizards,can.sun-stroke,alt.sys.sun Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!henderso From: henderso@netcom.com (Mark C. Henderson) Subject: Re: Dead Sparc 2 Message-ID: <hendersoDpJwnB.JwD@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom References: <4ia1rs$1j1@sol.sun.csd.unb.ca> <4itabl$jmn@usenet2.interramp.com> <4k5eql$3q4_002@speednet.com.au> <DpJr5I.Kny@mail.auburn.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:04:23 GMT X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.internals,comp.sys.sun.apps,alt.unix.wizards,can.sun-stroke,alt.sys.sun Lines: 14 Sender: henderso@netcom8.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.questions:79880 comp.unix.bsd:16783 comp.unix.internals:10066 comp.sys.sun.apps:12954 alt.unix.wizards:3583 alt.sys.sun:10153 In article <DpJr5I.Kny@mail.auburn.edu>, Doug Hughes <doug@eng.auburn.edu> wrote: >It depends on which chip has gone bad. If it's the battery backed up one, >(the fat thick one), then you should just need a new battery. Installing a new battery into a MK48T02 is a tricky procedure. Carving into chips with a knife just isn't a whole lot of fun and it isn't worth the trouble when a new NVRAM chip runs US$20. -- Mark Henderson -- markh@wimsey.bc.ca, henderso@netcom.com (personal accounts) ViaCrypt PGP Key Fingerprint: 21 F6 AF 2B 6A 8A 0B E1 A1 2A 2A 06 4A D5 92 46 http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/ - change-sun-hostid, unstrip for Solaris, computer security, TECO, FGMP, Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ, Wimsey crypto archive