IBM AS/400 9402 C04 help needed

I just picked up a pretty cool old CISC based AS/400 box I've been having fun exploring. Model 9402 C04. It came with a few Twinax terminals and a pair of modems. Thanks to some great help on the vintage computer forums I've gotten pretty far but, there are a couple things I still need help with. Perhaps someone here can help me out. The big one is that the machine hadn't been powered on in over 14 years. The batteries were a pile of green goo and very dead. Luckily the carrier seemed ok and I put new batteries in it but, I'm not sure the damage hasn't been done. The system now complains about invalid system password and wants me to bypass it or enter in a valid one. Apparently this is something that gets generated by IBM. I just bypassed it but, now the system gives me a messages about the bypass ending in 70 days. The funny thing is it keeps saying 70 days even after 3 days have past. Y2K issue perhaps? I take this to mean my machine will be bricked eventually, or not, and all my as/400 fun will end eventually. I could be bored with it already in 70 days but, I'd rather not risk it. I don't have any contacts at IBM but, maybe someone here can point me to the right email address to beg and plead to. This is the info needed in case someone here can make it magically happen as well. System serial: 10-11845 System type/model: 9402/C04 System password version: QZ100205 Processor card serial: 10-0533010 Right now the box has a V2R3 install on it with none of the development stuff. What I would really like is R3V2 with all the development stuff even if it means I have to reinstall every 70 days. IBM doesn't offer it anymore so, if someone here has a copy they can lend me or even a fairly complete dump from another as/400 running V3R2 I could restore images I can make on a Linux box would work as I have one with a 1/4" tape drive. I am also getting a Error message about System Processor failed. Return code X'0022' was returned from the service processor. From job SCPF, user QSYS, from program QWCIDIOR. If any of that means anything to anyone. Is this related to the invalid system password or is it a hardware issue with the service processor ? Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help.