Re: HELP! Dead 4500M -- Still dead; where is the battery?

From: Duy Nguyen (net_port@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Jan 13 2002 - 05:46:19 GMT-3


   
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>From: "kym blair" <kymblair@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "kym blair" <kymblair@hotmail.com>
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: HELP! Dead 4500M -- Still dead; where is the battery?
>Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 07:05:43 +0000
>
>Even with the ROMMON and NVRAM from the good router, the 4500M won't boot
>90
>percent of the time. Most of the time won't boot beyond:
>
>System Bootstrap, Version 5.3(16) [richardd 16], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
>Copyright (c) 1996 by cisco Systems, Inc.
>
>It still has a serious problem. It's NOT the DRAM, Shared memory, flash,
>Boot-helper flash, NVRAM, ROMMON, or interface cards.
>
>Can't locate the lithium battery. Thanks for any help in finding it, and
>other suggestions.
>
>Kym
>-------------------------------------------------------
>
>From: "kym blair" <kymblair@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "kym blair" <kymblair@hotmail.com>
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: HELP! Dead 4500M -- it's the ROMMON
>Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 06:16:05 +0000
>
>Swapped the 4500M ROMMON (V5.3(16)) with identical ROMMON in my 4700M; now
>the 4500M boots beautifully; but the 4700M hangs in same place. Problem
>isolated to the ROMMON chip.
>
>Does anyone know where can I purchase a ROMMON chip for 4500M/4700M? This
>is my home-lab so I don't have a service contract with cisco.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Kym
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Swapped the 4500M's NVRAM with 4700M; NVRAM worked fine in 4700M. 4500M
>still won't boot beyond:
>
>System Bootstrap, Version 5.3(16) [richardd 16], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
>Copyright (c) 1996 by cisco Systems, Inc.
>
>Anyone know where the lithium battery is, and how to change it? Thanks.
>
>Kym Blair
>
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>>
>>>From: "kym blair" <kymblair@hotmail.com>
>>>Reply-To: "kym blair" <kymblair@hotmail.com>
>>>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>>>Subject: HELP! Dead 4500M -- maybe NVRAM or Lithium battery
>>>Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 05:41:42 +0000
>>>
>>>Where is the NVRAM located on a 4500M, and how can I change it? Also,
>>>the
>>>lithium battery? Any other suggestions for resurecting this router?
>>>Here
>>>is what's happening and what I've tried:
>>>
>>>For the past serveral days, I've had to power up my 4500M a couple times
>>>to
>>>get it to boot; today it won't boot at all. It gets just this far and
>>>hangs:
>>>
>>>System Bootstrap, Version 5.3(16) [richardd 16], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
>>>Copyright (c) 1996 by cisco Systems, Inc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I've swapped DRAM, Shared RAM, FLASH, and BOOTHELPER FLASH with my 4700M
>>>and
>>>all work fine in the 4700M. I have not swapped boot proms, but that
>>>shouldn't matter since FLASH seems okay.
>>>
>>>I've swapped all interface modules and all work fine in the 4700M. I've
>>>tried booting without any interface modules; no luck. The 4500M fans
>>>power
>>>up, and so do the LCDs on the interfaces; seems like the power is okay.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>



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