[SPARCbook] NVRAM on SB1
Emanuelsson Paer
Paer.Emanuelsson at kst.siemens.de
Sun Feb 20 13:00:38 CST 2000
I cleaned the keyboard according to recommendations from this list; it now
works great! I also installed a larger disk.
Unfortunately, the NVRAM gave up its life so I ordered a couple M48T02-15
from www.mouser.com. I had to shave off quite a bit of material from the
side of the chip as the packaging is much larger than the original --
something
to be aware of. I didn't encounter any metal while doing this though.
Sadly it doesn't work. The S1MON comes so far as to say:
Fast Diagnostics ... PASSED
Initializing Memory ... COMPLETED
...then it hangs and is completely dead. If I hit escape while it performs
diagnostics, it simply says "Fast Diagnostics ... STOPPED", then it's just
as dead as before. Haven't found any key combinations to get to a prompt.
On the other hand, I changed disk and NVRAM at the same time; perhaps the
new disk is the culprit? Any ideas? I also noticed that the original NVRAM
was an MK48T02B-25. I hope the "B" is not significant?
Assuming I eventually get things working (have to disassemble it again,
sigh),
what would be a correct HostID system type for a SparcBook1? And the first
three ethernet bytes?
Thanks - Pell
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