When I power up my DECsystem 5100 I get the output shown at the end of this
email. I thought this was to do with the DS1287 chip as it seems be an NVRAM
battery error (perhaps). Since I know these devices fail I took out the
DS1287, put in a socket and then bought a replacement DS12887A. But I still
get the same problem. It could be that I bought a bad replacement, or that I
have done some damage in my desoldering of the original, or it could be that
the error is something completely different. In fact the Maintenance Manual
suggests test 9 is to do with the DZ, and I can't find what test 4 relates
to.
Does anyone know what this failure is if it isnt' the DS1287?
Is there an easy way to test a DS1287?
Regards
Rob
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KN230 V1.4
08-00-2b-27-04-50
0x800000
> conf -f
hardware: revision 1
firmware: revision 5
cpu: revision 2.32
fpu: revision 3.32
security switch: secure mode
password: clear
eeprom: valid
ethernet hardware address: 08-00-2b-27-04-50
option board: not present
memory: total size 8MBs
bank0 4MB SIMMs size: 8MBs 0 bad pages
scsi peripherals
unit type product removable/fixed capacity
7 host adapter
> prcache