RE: Impending cache battery pack failure

["Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I ended up at batteries plus.  They had a match.

How did you figure out what to match?

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryan Dietz
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 6:07 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Impending cache battery pack failure

I just did this exact thing this weekend.  It was a 170 and a 2740 card.

I had no luck at radioshack, I ended up at batteries plus.  They had a
match.

as for the batteryinfo thing I found good docs searching the IBM site:

http://www-912.ibm.com/ImprovedSearch/SearchBroker?action=frommasthead&s
cope=iSeries&q=BATTERYINFO


_____________________________
Bryan Dietz
Aktion Associates


midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/27/2006 04:20:02 PM:

> Thanks Rob, Chad, et al on the FAQ.
>
> Just a clarification   This will be a Do it Yourself procedure so do I
> understand that I have to force the failure first, using SST (or DST) 
> in order to make sure that the change is "registered" (my term)? IOW, 
> I first force the failure (while in a restricted state) and THEN 
> replace the battery pack?
>
> Just want to make sure.  I was just in DST but I couldn't see an 
> option to force the failure and the help on BATTERYINFO was
non-existent.
>
> Just hope my local Radio Shack or battery place can match the pack.
> Plenty of posts here about that.  Didn't see a specific reference to a

> model 800 (controller is a 5703) but it looks like the battery pack 
> isn't all that hard to match.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
>

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