Re: I AM IRONMAN!

I had to replace several battery packs of 2740 / 2748 / 2763
RAID/Cache controller-cards ("IOA"s) during the last months.
At first we ordered the part from IBM (at about 65 Euro)
when a colleague saw that removed battery pack and recognized
it as a standard size one. He managed to buy the next one from
our local electronics store at an affordable 12 Euro, exactly the
same cells on it, same measures and same mounting / cabling.
Only the IBM FRU label is missing ...  :-)

HTH,
regards from Germany,

Philipp

Joe Pluta schrieb:

> > From: Richard Casey
> >
> > Way to go!
> >
> > I've got an I/O card that wants to have its cache battery pack
> replaced.
> > How
> > hard is that to do? Where would I get the part?
>
> That's actually what I did... I replaced the cache battery pack for the
> DC01 IOA.  It's basically: power down, slide off side cover, remove
> cable from (bottom) board, remove board, remove battery casing, replace
> battery pack, replace casing, replace board, replace cable, replace
> cover, power up.  The hard part is that the battery pack is held in by
> this plastic casing that has a tongue-and-lip piece that snaps into a
> slot in the actual board, and you get it in and out with a screwdriver
> and more force than I'm comfortable with.  I came this><close to having
> a service rep come in, but I knuckled down and did it.
>
> I got the part from IBM.  I reported the problem on Wednesday, had the
> part in hand Friday.
>
> Joe
>
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