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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 6:17 pm    Post subject: FREE NVRAM chip Reply with quote

Its apparent that my NVRAM is dead in my IPX. Doing some googling and what not, i stumbed on a newsgroup post about this place. They will send out *FREE* samples of their chips. The post was a bit dated, but I went to the site, and sure enough, they still give out samples. So if you every needed a new NVRAM, go here. www.maxim-ic.com
As long as you choose standard shipping, there is no charge. BTW, the post I read, was from a lad in Australia, so they DO ship internationally. :D
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm. I need one for an IPC, what part number did you use?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had to check my mail, I got the DS1742. I found an old article saying that the older version (ds1642) would fail post, but still somehow work. Apparently the DS1742 is the replacement. As of today, I havent gotten them yet. But hey, they're free right? :D Ill post back when i get it, and have it installed.

BTW, the links that I got the info from were here
http://www.obsolyte.com/sun_ipx/
http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html

Has been an excellent source.:D
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got my chips today, two of them. Will get one plugged in and tested tomorrow night.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:24 pm    Post subject: problem with Maxim IC website Reply with quote

Hi,

The is a problem with the going to the "samples" section (http://www.maxim-ic.com/samplescart.cfm) . Apparently a duplicate key entry. I've notified the webmasters to rectify the matter.

thanks

Jason L. Froebe
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi guys,

Got my 2 today ;)

Will test this evening... Mine are DS1742-70.

[UPDATE] The chips works ;) it's happily humming along again....
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:41 pm    Post subject: how did this turn out Reply with quote

How did these chips turn out?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As you can read in my previous post, the chips work :)
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I could never get the link to work to order one. It gave some kind of error. (Your link worked, but the link on their site to order never worked)
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe it could be your browser? Which one were you using? I know it works in IE, and Opera, but Mozilla and Netscape gave me errors.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was using IE at the time. It was a server side error.
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