12 Aug
2014
12 Aug
'14
6:58 p.m.
On 12/08/14 8:51 PM, David Griffith wrote:
On Tue, 12 Aug 2014, Toby Thain wrote:
Nice. I own so many pizza boxes, I should get good at this one day.
Thanks for the inspiration!
--Toby
On 12/08/14 8:00 AM, Electronics Plus wrote:
Clock battery is a fairly straightforward and enjoyable repair. When
I've done it, I first identify the end of the module containing the
battery. Then with a dremel, make a slice equatorially to sever the
electrical connection. Then slice open the battery compartment at its
midpoint. The battery should easily pull out at this point. Connect a
CR2032 cell holder and epoxy into place. The small Sun boxes in the picasa web pic are as
follows:
Sparc Station 2, qty 1
Sparc Station 5, qty 3
Sparc Station 10, qty 1
All have floppy drives, except one of the SS5s.
All worked several years ago, but they get no video now. My Sun dealers
tell me it is because the video battery went out, and needs to be
replaced.
Most likely the *clock* battery is dead, but that wouldn't prevent
video in any way. You would see the firmware monitor screen.
"Video battery"? Not aware of such a thing.
One of the pics at http://gigawa.lt/gigawa.lt/Sun_NVRAM.html shows the
inside of my Sun IPX, upon which I performed this fix.