SUMMARY: Tools for Ultra-1 Memory Upgrade
2007-12-24 21:30:00
I just bought a Kingston 256MBytes upgrade for a Sun Ultra-1 machine.
Since downtime for that machine should be the minimum possible, I'd like
to know if I need special tools in order to disassemble the machine and
install the modules inside.
I already have "standard" tools and I'm familiar with hardware changes
in other architectures.
I'll summarize.
ANSWERS:
Sean Berry - berry at housebsd.org
Rivera, Angel R - Angel.R.Rivera at conoco.com
David Foster - foster at dim.ucsd.edu
Mark Cohen - markc at neo.binaryfaith.com
Jay Lessert - jayl at accelerant.net
Larye Parkins - LParkins at niaid.nih.gov
Ruddy, Robert - robertruddy at firstusa.com
willief - willief at base-2.com
UnixAdmin - sunixadm at yahoo.com
Joseph Herpers - joeh at stsolutions.com
Jeff Horwitz - jhorwitz75 at yahoo.com
Paul Wilkinson - Paul_Wilkinson at utsglobal.com
"use a plan and simple Phillips screwdriver".
"memconf" to visualize memory banks usage:
http://www.webpak.net/~tschmidt/unix.html
Service manual:
http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.265.1/SS11SERVICE/@Ab2TocView?Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-8859-1
MY RESULT:
Kingston sends instruction about the memory upgrade, but they don't
cover the machine case.
Most emails refer to a "phillips" screwdriver. I didn't know what a
"phillips" screw was, so I use some "chewing gum" to get a "head model"
of the screw, since I had no direct visual access to the machine rear
part.
In Spain such screws are called "star screw", by evident reasons ;-).
Standard tool indeed :-).
The upgrade process was simple and fast (<5 min). Thanks all of you.
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