[SunRescue] IPX nvram problems

[Harry J.Regan]

Hmmmm.  The M48T12-150PC1 is the right ship for an IPX--
I even re-NVRAMed (proper verb?) an IPX earlier this week.
The "Power-On SelfTest FAILED ... Replace TOD/NVRAM" can actually
apply to several circumstances.  When you got the message originally, (before
you replaced the chip) did you notice if the MAC address 
displayed was OK, or was it all zeros or "FF"s?  If the MAC address was
OK, then the machine may have actually been complaining about something
else (some motherboard problems will cause the machine to generate the
same message).
  
When you reprogrammed the new chip, what did you use as the MAC
address and how did you post the checksum.  It will tell you that the NVRAM
chip is no good if the checksum is bad (It'll complain about the
checksum earlier in the boot sequence.


>
> Hello All.
>
> I started getting the dreaded
> "Power-On SelfTest FAILED ...
> Replace TOD/NVRAM"
> message. So I ordered a new
> one. An M48T12-150PC1, I read
> the thread from a while back.
> Followed the directions from
> the nvram faq, got the thing
> reprogrammed , and I still
> get the message. So I guess
> the M48T12-150PC1 is not
> the one to use in an IPX after all.
> It boots up ok, but I can't run it
> headless because of that message.
> any suggestions?
>
> Eric H




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