IDPROM checksum, what is it?

[Mark Ross]

I get the message "The IDPROM checksum is incorrect" when I try to boot
my machine, what does this mean?

Thanks,
Mark

[Joerg Schilling]

In article <36DA8EE7...@email.mobil.com>,

Mark Ross <def...@email.mobil.com> wrote:
>I get the message "The IDPROM checksum is incorrect" when I try to boot
>my machine, what does this mean?

The clock battey went bad, you have to replace the IDprom/Clock chip.

Read the Sun ID-prom FAQ to learn how to do this.

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[how...@wdsec.com]

In Article<7beg7r$3m7$1...@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, <j...@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:

> Read the Sun ID-prom FAQ to learn how to do this.

Also helpful
http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-stuff.html

[Liulei]

Look at http://www.squirrel.com

Liulei

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In article <36DA8EE7...@email.mobil.com>,

def...@email.mobil.com wrote:
> I get the message "The IDPROM checksum is incorrect" when I try to boot
> my machine, what does this mean?
>

> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>

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* Liu Lei * E-mail:liu...@oaking.com *
* Shenzhen OAking Computer * or liul...@tonghua.com.cn *
* Phone: 0755-6692988-320 * Job: SUN IBM/RS6000 HP9000 *

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