28 Mar
2000
28 Mar
'00
10:36 a.m.
After work today I hung a DG Walkabout terminal off
serial A of the SUN
box. Self test reports that the EEPROM has failed. I will pull the board
and hunt for the chip later this evening but what does this mean for me?
Does it mean I simply replace the chip or is there info on the chip now
that is not reconstructable? Answers a lot of questions.
Incidentally, the chip almost invariably passes diags and allows a boot if
you VERY quickly cycle power to the machine. I don't know why it is but
it works even if it is a horrible thing to do to a computer.
Search out the sun eeprom faq and it'll have all the info on the SGS
thompson chip, reprogramming it etc.
Sounds like the battery on the chip is weak and is lasting through only
short reboots.
Bill