Re: Impending cache battery pack failure

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Rob, Chad, et al on the FAQ.

Just a clarification   This will be a Do it Yourself procedure so do I 
understand that I have to force the failure first, using SST (or DST)  
in order to make sure that the change is "registered" (my term)? IOW, I 
first force the failure (while in a restricted state) and THEN replace 
the battery pack?

Just want to make sure.  I was just in DST but I couldn't see an option 
to force the failure and the help on BATTERYINFO was non-existent.

Just hope my local Radio Shack or battery place can match the pack.  
Plenty of posts here about that.  Didn't see a specific reference to a 
model 800 (controller is a 5703) but it looks like the battery pack 
isn't all that hard to match.

Thanks,

Pete

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I don't think you'll lose any data.  But performance will suffer greatly. 
> One thing I have schedule to run about a week prior to scheduled downtime 
> (have to give the CE time to order parts and schedule) is
> http://faq.midrange.com/data/cache/418.html
>
> Rob Berendt
>