RE: Cache Battery question

You're correct.  Force fail it, shut down, pull the battery plug, wait a
min or two, plug it back in, all set.  For fun, check the voltage while
you wait.


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Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer
IBM Certified Systems Expert - System i
Kingland Systems Corporation

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:30 AM
To: Midrange Mailing List
Subject: Cache Battery question

About 4 months ago I got a heads up that the cache battery on our model
800 was soon going to fail.  So I read the FAQ's, located a replacement
battery, forced the failure on the battery, replaced it and all was
well.  I thought.

Today we got an SRC 5703 8008 indicating the cache battery failed.  So
either I didn't replace the battery correctly OR the new battery has
actually failed.  I am guessing the former.  Is there a way to trick the
system into thinking that the battery was replaced?  I am thinking that
I can just run the -FORCE option on the BATTERYINFO macro to force the
failure, remove the battery (I'll test it just in case) and then put the
battery back in.  Do I need to charge (or discharge) the battery to make
it seem like it is a different battery or is just removing it for a few
minutes to test it OK?

Thanks,

Pete Helgren