FWIW If it is the NVRAM, it's probably not a big problem if you can get the replacement part. I went through this mid 90's w/o any problems. Don't actually recall what the system was as I had several then, but the 4/110 seems a likely candidate. I'm pretty sure I was at the "won't boot" stage when I discovered the problem.
On the other hand, I think the cost of electricity is a pretty compelling argument for system replacement. -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 11/22/13, James Carlson <carls...@workingcode.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Offtopic question to old SPARC users To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Date: Friday, November 22, 2013, 6:46 PM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/22/2013 5:45 PM, Jim Klimov wrote: > My hunch would be a dead battery on CMOS, or whatever the analog of > one would be. Any ideas where it might be located, and what model > it is (like CR2032 on Intel-compatibles)? Any more ideas? Ouch. If it is the NVRAM/clock battery that's going bad, you'll soon have a brick on your hands. It won't be long until it starts saying "the IDPROM contents are invalid" and refuses to boot at all. I would use the remaining time to plan a transition. I know it's not what you want to hear. But there are ETL companies out there who specialize in understanding old databases and transitioning the workload onto modern, faster, cheaper, better machines. Barring that, here's the FAQ about those old NVRAM devices: http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq I'd suggest trying www.mouser.com, www.jameco.com, or www.digikey.com. Unless you're operating a hardware museum, there's probably not a lot of call to keep a 16 year old system consuming 1.664KW of power. It's time to put the old girl down. :-/ - -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carls...@workingcode.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iEUEARECAAYFAlKP+wEACgkQ6TIHA1NkzvBUuwCeOZNBwvxaTViv5920cw5MkVoE UVYAmOzPvAJr8Osx91O3wFueVx+sCx8= =VVWO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
