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тАО09-06-2003 11:48 AM
тАО09-06-2003 11:48 AM
Solved! Go to Solution.
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тАО09-07-2003 08:59 AM
тАО09-07-2003 08:59 AM
SolutionThe advanced setup is entered by pressing CTRL-A at the first SCU screen. Then follow the System Config-Configure Hardware-View and edit details. When you scroll down this time, you will see the advanced setup entries.
Regards,
Brian
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тАО09-07-2003 10:25 AM
тАО09-07-2003 10:25 AM
Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
172-System Configuration Nonvolatile Memory Invalid
Initialization Aborted
104-ASR Timer Failure
However the system still boots fine but looses time back to the BIOS date 12-18-2002 on the reboot. Any suggestions? I'm afraid it may be my system board, battery is also good, but it really has only been used but about 6 months in it's life of 3-4 years.
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тАО09-08-2003 10:53 AM
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Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
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тАО09-08-2003 11:40 AM
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Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
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тАО09-09-2003 12:33 AM
тАО09-09-2003 12:33 AM
Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
If you try clearing NVRAM with switch 6 on the system configuration switchpack (See top cover for location) does this make any difference?
I can understand that the BIOS may be corrupt but there is a way to do an emergency flash of the BIOS using a floppy disk and switchpack combination, although this may be a last resort if nothing else works.
Also, do you still get the errors if all the PCI modules are removed and the backplane left empty when powered on?
Regards,
Brian
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тАО09-09-2003 07:19 AM
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Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
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тАО09-09-2003 10:09 AM
тАО09-09-2003 10:09 AM
Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
You mentioned earlier that the battery was OK. Are you sure that the contact posts on the motherboard are springy enough to make good contact with the battery + and - sides. These can be bent slightly if needed to create a little more pressure but be careful not to damage them.
The battery is a 3V, 540maH, Lithium type. The correct Compaq part number is 179322-001 if required.
I know it may be frustrating but the only alternative may be to perform a Emergency Boot Procedure to forcibly flash the BIOS. Engineers often use this procedure when the motherboard is swapped but the BIOS is too old to support the customers existing CPU's. The message received at POST is "Unsupported CPU" . It's a safe enough procedure when carried out properly.
You could also try "downgrading" the BIOS to
the previous release (07/04/2002). This is softpaq SP21675.EXE. You have to modify the CONFIG.SYS file to enable downgrade but I won't give the details of this in case you decide against it.
Regards,
Brian
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тАО09-09-2003 01:15 PM
тАО09-09-2003 01:15 PM
Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
I've thought about downgrading the rom to see what that might do. Does the process with the switches involve: 1-on 2-off 3-always on 4-on 5-on and 6-on while booting the ROMPaq from a floppy for five minutes and then resetting switches 1,4,5 and 6. There is no OS to reconfigure the config sys file.
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тАО09-09-2003 02:00 PM
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Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
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тАО09-10-2003 09:49 AM
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Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
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тАО10-15-2003 06:34 AM
тАО10-15-2003 06:34 AM
Re: Clearing the NVRAM on a DL380.
What about running the system erase with the hard drives pulled?
Did you ever get a resolution to this?
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тАО10-15-2003 07:15 AM
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