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Sunblade 150 NVRAM IDPROM Reprogramming Issues
I ended up purchasing some 59's on ebay that came from china - only like $8 , 2 of the 3 actually worked - programmed them in ultra10 and then installed chip in blade. There are also US vendors that sell what they claim are new ones for the blade and they are like $50 Bought one of these and...- chuck57
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
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Sunblade 150 NVRAM IDPROM Reprogramming Issues
where did you buy new chip from and part# ? the original nvram is M48T59Y-70PC1 these are obsolete and any out there are probably old with dead battery. I bought a new M48T58Y-70PC1 which is still in production - configured it in ultra 10 ( 80 ID )with mkp and worked fine. Then reconfigured it...- chuck57
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
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Sunblade 150 NVRAM IDPROM Reprogramming Issues
oh also i noticed there is a 3 volt lithium battery on the blade motherboard. thought the battery was encased in the nvram like older suns. any idea what this battery is for?- chuck57
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
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Sunblade 150 NVRAM IDPROM Reprogramming Issues
Ok great thanks !- chuck57
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
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Sunblade 150 NVRAM IDPROM Reprogramming Issues
LOL I just encountered the same issue today, hope someone can help. I was thinking about firing up one of my old sparc20 or ultra10 and reprogram a new nvram to the blade 83 ID and then swap it into the blade. ST micro makes new chips that need to be programmed . they are less than $20...- chuck57
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
