Re: CPI94D8 - battery problem

At 09:05 12/22/1998 -0600, Eric DeLong wrote:
>     I think we go this a few years ago at one of my old jobs. The 
>     control panel battery powers the real-time clock the AS400 uses to 
>     set it's clock during IPL. I think you have to get a new control 
>     panel as they can't just replace the battery. 

A couple of years ago, a client started getting messages that the battery
needed to be replaced on an F model 9406. The CE brought out the fanciest
battery I've ever seen. Probably was worth more than the control panel.
>From what he told me, I guess the battery has an expected life of 60 months
or so, and the system automatically starts complaining that it wants a new
one after that period of time.
Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh
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