[57north-discuss] Fwd: BIOS/RTC batteries

[Tony Travis]

Hi,

I'm not sure this actually made it to our old list, so I'm posting it
again here on the new one...

  Tony.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: BIOS/RTC batteries
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:19:01 +0000
From: Tony Travis <tony.travis at minke-informatics.co.uk>
Organisation: Minke Informatics Limited
To: thelist at 57north.co

Hi,

Last night at the "Space" I was talking about fitting the correct
BIOS/RTC batteries on our older HDMA motherboards in six of the 2U
'Rackable Systems' servers because of this warning in the manual:

> ftp://ftp.sgi.com/public/Technical%20Support/Pdf%20files/Arima/HDAMA_Rev.I.pdf
> [...]
> Danger of explosion if battery is in
> correctly replaced. Replace only with
> the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. 

I'm not sure what revision our older motherboards are, but the six Asus
motherboards are a lot newer and will not have re-chargeable BIOS/RTC
batteries in them. I think we should be OK to use the generic CR2032's
that Iain has bought, but we should check what the old battery type is
when replacing them: If they are re-chargeable, they will probably be of
type LR/ML2032, not CR2032, and have "rechargeable" stamped on them.

If anyone wants to try replacing the batteries in the DOA 2U servers, I
hid them under the desk on the right as you enter the "Space" after I
fitted 4 at 250GB disks in each one last night ready to install Ubuntu ;-)

[please dispose of old batteries in an environmentally responsible way]

HTH,

  Tony.

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