On 3/31/2014 11:42 AM, T. Ribbrock wrote:
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:34:37AM +0200, Paolo Aglialoro wrote:
I know about some people who have soldered new batteries to the worn out
ones, there are tutorials on the internet :)
Yup, I'm one of them - done so for several of my machines so far (U2,
U10, IPX), more to follow once I find the time. I've based my own DIY on
this particular tutorial http://www.giga.nl/gigawa.lt/Sun_NVRAM.html,
but there are others. My first attempt looks like this:
http://www.ribbrock.org/PhotoGallery/NVRAM-AXi - later, I used different
holders for the CR2032 cell which I can glue onto the back of the NVRAM
- makes it even neater.
I actually found recently that some of the replacement NVRAM chips that
are still made are actually pin compatible with the old Sun ones.
And the warning the old NVRAM FAQ had about them not working properly
because of a reserved bit change didn't seem to apply any more. At
least not to the Ultra machines I put a new chip into.
I want to say I used a 1521 or 1641, but I'd have to look up the exact
numbers.
--Kurt
