need help getting a Sun Ultra-10 working

[Dave G4UGM]

Take the keyboard out and see if you then get a response on the TTYa. I have two sun's with dead NVRAM and can't get either to work with any of the replacments I have tried. Even tried CR2032 on existing battery after attacking with Dremel...

Dave

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> Subject: need help getting a Sun Ultra-10 working
> 
> Hello Folks,
> 
> I just assembled an Ultra-10 (replaced memory, CPU, NVRAM chip, IDE hard
> disk, IDE CDROM) and it seems to be hanging somewhere. I don't get
> anything from the VGA connection on the 1280x1024 LCD monitor that is
> connected, but on the serial console I see the output pasted below.
> The system does not respond to any input via the attached sun
> keyboard/mouse or via ttyA after printing the last line in the output below.
> 
> Obviously, the NVRAM battery is dead, and I'm working on getting a
> replacement.
> Does anyone have a good source in Germany? The chip says "M48T59Y-
> 70PC1U".
> 
> Could the dead NVRAM battery explain the behavior described?
> 
> thanks,
> Rob Urban
> 
> ----- serial console output BEGIN -----
> Hardware Power ON
> 
> @(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI 3.31 Version 0 created 2001/07/25 20:36 Probing
> keyboard Done
> %o0 = 0000.0000.0055.4001
> 
> Executing Power On SelfTest
> 
> @(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 (Darwin) POST 3.1.0 (Build No. 626) 13:56 on 06/27/00
> 
> CPU: UltraSPARC-LC (Clock Frequency: 300MHz, Ecache Size:  512KB)
> 
> Init POST BSS
>     Init System BSS
> NVRAM
>     NVRAM Battery Detect Test
> 
> ***********************
> STATUS =FAILED
> TEST   =NVRAM Battery Detect
> SUSPECT=NVRAM U13
> MESSAGE=NVRAM Low Battery
>     addr 000001ff.f1001ff0
>     exp  00
>     obs  10
> 
> 
> 
> Status of this POST run:    FAIL
> manfacturing mode=CHAMBER
> Time Stamp [hour:min:sec] 28:6a:c1  [month/date year] 0b/2c 2130
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Power On Selftest Completed
> Software Power ON0.0000.0000.0001 ffff.ffff.f00b.31a8 0000.3333.0200.001b
> 
> @(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI 3.31 Version 0 created 2001/07/25 20:36
> Clearing E$ Tags  Done Clearing I/D TLBs Done Probing Memory Done MEM
> BASE = 0000.0000.2000.0000 MEM SIZE = 0000.0000.1000.0000 11-Column
> Mode Enabled MMUs ON Copy Done PC = 0000.01ff.f000.201c PC =
> 0000.0000.0000.2060 Decompressing into Memory Done Size =
> 0000.0000.0006.eba0 ttya initialized Starting real time clock...
> Incorrect configuration checksum;
> Setting NVRAM parameters to default values.
> Setting diag-switch? NVRAM parameter to true Reset Control: BXIR:0 BPOR:0
> SXIR:0 SPOR:1 POR:0 UltraSPARC-IIi 2-2 module Probing Memory Bank #0 256
> + 256 : 512 Megabytes
> Probing Memory Bank #2   0 +   0 :   0 Megabytes
> Probing UPA Slot at 1e,0 Nothing There
> Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1 at Device 1  pci108e,1000 network Probing
> /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1 at Device 2  SUNW,m64B Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1 at
> Device 3  ide disk cdrom Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1 at Device 1  Nothing there
> Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1 at Device 2  Nothing there Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1
> at Device 3  Nothing there Probing /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1 at Device 4  Nothing
> there
> ----- serial console output END -----