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paulsherwin · 28th Jun 2011, 11:06 am

Good stuff Kat, well done.

I have to say it seems a pretty cretinous design decision to use a non-replaceable battery in any piece of equipment, let alone in an (at the time) expensive server. Why didn't Mostek just use a coin cell holder on the part, and given that they didn't why didn't Sun use something else?

28th Jun 2011, 11:06 am	#3
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,934	Re: Mostek/ST 'Timekeeper' IC (Sun NVRAM) repair Good stuff Kat, well done. I have to say it seems a pretty cretinous design decision to use a non-replaceable battery in any piece of equipment, let alone in an (at the time) expensive server. Why didn't Mostek just use a coin cell holder on the part, and given that they didn't why didn't Sun use something else?