Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: ?3C NVR WRTERR from my VAXstation 4000/60 Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 12:30:44 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:30:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="634fa9ec1a7a20711bb13d981b568c64"; logging-data="773507"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19vfaef/XFtI194eiCNuhSl824zZIUIvPA=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TAd/i3hlm/D4Z33l0y5ljYasN8Y= Bytes: 1940 On 2024-08-07, David Goodwin wrote: > In article , ldo@nz.invalid says... >> >> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 21:53:32 +1200, David Goodwin wrote: >> >> > Now I've got it off the shelf and its sadly no longer working. On power >> > up, I just get "?3C NVR WRTERR" on the serial console. >> >> ?NVR? = ?Non-Volatile RAM?? > > I assume so, which is why I replaced the DS1287A - the markings on the > old one imply a manufacture date sometime in 1991 so its battery was > sure to be flat. > > But a brand new one manuactured in 2023 from a reputable source doesn't > seem to have solved the problem. Any signs of damaged circuit board traces or similar ? After you replace a DS1287A, are there any initialisation steps which need to be performed ? Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.