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Sun Fire [tm]E2900 : Repair Procedures

This section provides tips (when available) for the most common repair procedures for the Sun Fire E2900. The repair procedures are provided in the following manual:

Sun Fire E2900 Service Manual (817-4054)

The following table provides the available tips for each procedure.

Component Tips
CPU/Memory Board
  • The Vcore setting for UltraSPARC IV 1350MHz boards should be 1.25V, but some earlier releases of firmware will power on and operate the board at an incorrect voltage. (FIN I1166-1).
Disk Drive
  • Improved firmware for Seagate 10K.6 disk drives will reduce the incidence of unexpected o utages due to a spindle motor issue (FAB 1000198.1).
I/O Assembly
  • PCI-X assemblies on Sun Fire E2900 Server have been marked with a 33MHz/66MHz sticker even though they can operate at up to 100MHz. (FAB 1000073.1).
  • E2900/V1280 systems that have the PCI+ IB_SSC IO Assembly will not be able to install or boot from Solaris 9 9/05 DVD or CD. (FAB 1000952.1).
  • The new PCI+ IB_SSC IO Assembly is not properly supported by any release of Solaris 8. (FAB 1001327.1).
Memory
  • On certain Sun Systems a small number of 512MB and 1GB Micron DIMMs may experience premature failures with Uncorrectable Memory Error (UE) messages. (FAB 1000920.1) (formerly FCO A0285-1)
Miscellaneous
  • Preventing potential system outages through proactive cooling improvements on Sun Fire Entry Level servers. (FIN 1021064.1).
Removal Media
  • System door interferes with Tape Drive operation. (FCO 200094).
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