Sun Blade[tm] 1500 Workstation: Repair Procedures
This section provides the most common repair procedures for the
Sun Blade 1500 workstation, which are included in the following manual:
 Sun Blade 1500
Service, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting Manual (816-7564)
The following table provides the page numbers for each procedure.
Note: A Sun Blade 1500 Hardware Documentation CD assembly,
part number 724-7412-01, is part of the accessory kit that ships inside the
carton with each Sun Blade 1500 Workstation. The documentation CD includes many
Sun Blade 1500 manuals. The files on the CD include movies
for major hardware service procedures. These movies can be viewed as standalone
procedures, and can also be reached by links within the HTML and PDF Service,
Diagnostic, and Troubleshooting Manual on the Sun Blade 1500 Hardware Documentation
CD.
| Component |
Tips |
| Front Fan |
- Early shipments of Sun Blade 1500s contain fans that could
experience early life failures (FCO A0229-1).
|
| Memory |
-
Minimum OBP version is required to support new DIMMs with
333MHz dual data rate.
(FIN I1148-1).
- Systems will fail to pass self-test if the OBP version is below the
required minimum level to support the JEDEC SPD 1.0 formatted DIMMs (FIN I1092-1).
|
| PCI Cards |
- Special considerations for graphic accelerators in multi-head configurations
on page 11-32.
|
| Power Supply |
- Sun Blade 1500 (Red) workstation's power supply units (PSU) might experience a
thermal event if the PSU fails. (FCO A0251-2).
|
| Rear Fan |
- Early shipments of Sun Blade 1500s contain fans that could
experience early life failures (FCO A0229-1).
|
| System Board |
- Incorrectly positioned Sun Blade 1500 System Board may cause
the system to not power up (FIN I1118-1).
|
| Graphics Card |
- XVR-600 graphics card can cause rendering performance issue when
performing simultaneous rendering update with OpenGL windows. (FIN I1161-1).
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