[rescue] Firmware greater than 4.16.4 for Sun Blade 2500 Silver?

[Brian Noonan]

I'd love to grab it as well Thomas. I have a couple of 2500 silver's in
storage that could use upgrades.
But your  email isn't showing to reply directly.
Thanks
Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue <rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Pelki
Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 2021 12:45 PM
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Firmware greater than 4.16.4 for Sun Blade 2500 Silver?

William, Ping me offlist, I have 140689-02

-Thomas


On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 1:21 PM William Barnett-Lewis <wlewisiii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have been working on maxing out my Sun Blade 2500 Silver. It
> currently has both CPU's, 8 gb ram and Open Boot Prom 4.16.4
>
> I purchased 8 2gb dimms to upgrade it to 16 gb. In theory the current
> firmware level should work however any combination of them I have
> tried gives the "3 beeps and power off" memory compatibility error.
>
> I am hoping someone here has one of these files ( from
>
> http://archives.retrobridge.org/sun/system-handbook/3.4/Devices/Boot_P
> ROM/Boo
> tPROM_UltraSPARC_IIIi.html
> <http://archives.retrobridge.org/sun/system-handbook/3.4/Devices/Boot_
> PROM/BootPROM_UltraSPARC_IIIi.html>
> ):
>
> Sun Blade 2500 (Silver) (1.600GHz) - 1M C  8 (Patch 118321 or 119233)
> 375-3192 / 375-3193 / 375-3194
>
> Flash PROM Revision
> 525-2100-03OBP 4.16 Version 2
> 525-2100-04OBP 4.16 Version 3
> 525-2100-05OBP 4.16 Version 4 + POST 4.16.3 + OBDIAG 4.16.4 (Patch
> 118321-01)
> 119233-01OBP 4.17 Version 1 + POST 4.17.1 + OBDIAG 4.17.1 119233-02OBP
> 4.17 Version 3 + POST 4.17.3 + OBDIAG 4.17.3 140689-01OBP 4.30 Version
> 3 + POST 4.30.3 + OBDIAG 4.30.3 (not ECO
> released)
> 140689-02OBP 4.30.4.a + POST 4.30.4.a + OBDIAG 4.30.4.a (not ECO
> released)
>
> There are links to the 4.17.1 & up files but of course, this being
> Oracle, "You do not have the required access privilege to download
> this patch."
>
> Anyone?
>
> Thank you,
>
> William
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