[SunHELP] SPARC Station 2 - IDPROM

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Tue 2001-09-04 (00:41), Ahbaid Gaffoor wrote:
> My SPARC station 2 suddenly says:
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> The IDPROM contents are invalid.... and does not boot anymore.. what ca=
n
> I do to remedy this?

Battery low. Replace the NVRAM chip (or only its battery) and re-program
it. www.squirrel.com (the link is on sunhelp's site) has the FAQ how to=20
do this.

BTW, the old time keeper chips may be hard to get. Try Mauser Electronics
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