26 Nov
2018
26 Nov
'18
2:35 p.m.
Don't have any spare modules? What happened to the
half dozen that I sent
you? :)
In the queue somewhere! They'll likely go to replace the modules I'd stolen
from other machines over the years, as I get around to
fixing them.
Also, to anyone buying NVRAMs on eBay, don't expect anything from China to
actually be new NVRAMs. I've bought a bunch to disassemble, in the course
of making repair boards for a number of different NVRAMs/RTCs, and every
single one has been a relabel. All had low battery voltages, on the few
where I actually totally destroyed the encapsulation to examine the
innards, the batteries often carried dates 10+ years old, even though the
outside markings suggested it was a year or two old. Not that fakes/remarks
from China should be a surprise.
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 5:20 PM Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 11/26/18 2:08 PM, systems_glitch wrote:
I don't have any spare modules to rebuild, so I don't have premade
replacements up at the moment. I've been rebuilding them for people
when they send in their dead modules, but I'd guess most people here
can do the rebuild themselves, time permitting. I wouldn't cut into
the encapsulation with a powered tool like a Dremel, unless you're
going to wear a face mask. I use a hacksaw with Lenox fine kerf
blades. Any blade will do if you're only rebuilding a few NVRAMs.
Don't have any spare modules? What happened to the half dozen that I
sent you? :)
alan
P.S. Out of my dozen Sun systems, almost all of them are using new IDPROMs.