Re: cache batteries

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, I'd replace them.   I did it a few times on my 515.. not fun but it
works.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:59 AM Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> We have a "new" 740 with two SCSI RAID cards with cache batteries.
>
> The machine was mothballed for a year plus in a warehouse.
>
> The cache battery display in SST says they are still good (89 days
> remaining) but we are suspicious as the machine is inherently slow
> consistent with no cache batteries.
>
> Our plan is to replace the cache batteries.
>
> Comments on the likelihood of the cache batteries being depleted?
>
> My understanding is that the SST display is based on a days calc and not
> on actual monitoring of the battery status like we have on phones, pads,
> etc.
>
> Jerry
>
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