[rescue] Ultra 2 NVRAM - failed fix

[Peter Stokes]

Hi Mike

Either should work for you. 

Peter

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> On 1 Nov 2024, at 17:06, Mike Spooner via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> 
> Must it be the M48T58Y variant (4.5-5.5V), or will the M48T58 (4.75-5.5V)
> also work in the Ultra-1/-2/-5/-10/etc?
> 
> Regards,
> Mike Spooner
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org <rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org> On Behalf Of
> Jonathan Chapman via rescue
> Sent: 01 November 2024 11:25
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Chapman <lists at glitchwrks.com>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Ultra 2 NVRAM - failed fix
> 
>> No point buying 59s as mentioned as they have not been made maybe for
> nearly 2 decades and batteries will be dead. Many sellers of these crap
> items. 
> 
> There's also these disasters floating around, some eBay seller charges
> $70-some USD for this:
> 
> https://imgur.com/a/psa-those-expensive-sun-nvrams-on-ebay-82uqhKs
> 
> So, yeah, don't buy off eBay/AliExpress/Amazon/whatever.
> 
>> I wish they put date stamps on these chips.
> 
> They do. The fakes come with fake datecodes.
> 
>> That is why you need to use official disti and get the 58 which will be
> recent stock.
> 
> Yes, this or rebuild your originals. You can do the usual "cut into it and
> patch a battery in on wires" method, or we designed a repair board because
> we had so many to refurb on a big job:
> 
> https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/gw-48t59-1-module-repair-board/
> 
> The above has the benefit of being faster, especially if you're doing a
> bunch, cleaner, and it's about the same height as the original (doesn't
> matter so much on the Ultra 2).
> 
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
> 
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