29 Aug
2010
29 Aug
'10
10:48 a.m.
Hi
I pulled the NVRAM from my Sparcbook S1 to read it.
I looked at the data and it doesn't look like anything was
stored in it.
The first 8 bytes are FF then it is 00 until 0407.
It then turns to FF until 07F9 that is 80. It is
then FF until the end.
According to the spec sheet, the 80 would indicate
that the clock oscillator is turn off.
I wanted to make sure I'd not accidentally damaged
some byte in it so I put it back into my Sparcbook.
It booted fine with only the message that the clock
needed resetting ( always there but I've not attempted
to set it ).
Is it possible that it is storing everything on the disk
and not using the NVRAM for anything, only the clock function?
Dwight