[SPARCbook] SparcLE and Solaris 10

[Gary Borgen OLD]

Alicia,

I tried what you mentioned and it worked fine, with the following caveats:
1.  The ATI video card on the u40 was not compatible with the display on the 
u20 machine.  In fact, connecting the u20 display smoked the newer ATI card 
on my machine (appeared to be the mosfet switch for the backlight or display 
power).
2.  Placing the older u20 ATI video card and u20 display on the u40 
motherboard works, however, there may be a driver issue when updating the OS 
to Solaris 10.  The Tadpole drivers seem to expect the newer u40 card (the 
u20 ATI cards have a small 10 pin connector by the 13w3 back connector which 
connects to the motherboard, the u40 ATI cards do not have the connector).
3.  Make sure the RAM cards are fully secured.  Clean the connectors. 
Ultrabooks are very picky about their memory.
4.  After replacement and powering up, WAIT!  If you get the normal flashing 
icons on the small LCD status display, all is good.   In my experience it 
can take several minutes (seems like forever) for the system to complete 
self test and the main display to come up.

Good luck.