From: Richard Gallagher (rgallagh@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 12:29:02 GMT-3
The NVRAM is not a replacable part on the 2600. It is a 32Kb chip that is most
likely soldered to the main board. Therefore a new mainboard is the only
solution if it is broken.
Rich
On Jun 11, 3:24pm, kym blair chatted about:
> Subject:Re: OT Source of NVRAM for 2620
> Here was an eBay listing for 16MB FLASH for $115 (dutch auction of 100
> sticks); no bidders, so he must still have some available. You can contact
> him by clicking on his name "ggcrystal":
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1243921278
>
> Also, www.memorypro.com has 16MB FLASH for $194; I've bought from them on
> eBay for $135 once and $123 another time; good quality. Contact them
> directly at sales@memorypro.com or memorypro@mail.com ... maybe you can get
> a deal.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1235965476
>
>
> NOTE: The 2600 has only one slot for FLASH, so don't buy an 8MB thinking
> you can upgrade.
>
> I didn't do anything special to initialize; just installed, powered up into
> boot mode, copied in an IOS from tftp server; booted the rest of the way up,
> selected "No" to be helped with building the config, and copied running
> (skeleton) to startup. Haven't had any problems.
>
> Good luck. Kym
>
>
>
> >From: Peter Whittle <peter@whittle-systems.demon.co.uk>
> >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:59:03 +0100
> >
> >I have a 2620 with faulty NVRAM
> >
> >If I issue a 'wr' it writes the start config ok but fails to write the
> >environment.
> >
> >"environment write to NVRAM failed"
> >
> >This has the consequence that it does not save confreg values. So if I
> >confreg to 0x2102 then when ever I power off I have to 'copy start run'
> >every time.
> >
> >I also get the same if I attempt a 'sync' command in rommon.
> >
> >1) Where can I get a replacement chip from - inexpensively
> >
> >2) Does it need any special initialisation to write the 1st n bytes
> >before the config storage area for the environment variables?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Peter
>
>
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