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...
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...
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?
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...
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