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Sun Fire[tm] V440 Server: Repair Procedures

This section provides the most common repair procedures for the Sun Fire V440. The following procedures with their corresponding page numbers are located in the Sun Fire V440 Server Parts Installation and Removal Guide (816-7729).

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ALOM Card
  • Damage to Motherboard connector could occur during removal of ALOM Card from Sun Fire V440 or Netra 440 (FIN I1101-1).
CPU/Memory Module
  • System may fail self-test with "OBP (Open Boot PROM) not responding" on Sun Fire V440 and Netra 440 (FIN I1098-1).
Disk Drive
  • SCSI errors are occurring on the Sun Fire V440 server configurations with internal Hitachi 36GB and 73GB Differential UltraSCSI 320 disk drives (FIN I1040-1).
JBus
  • JETO (JBus Error Time Out) can be encountered on any system with the JBus (FAB 1019032.1).
Memory Module
  • 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 Fan Tray
  • A specific group of Sun Fire V440 systems may have incorrectly mounted PCI Fans (FIN I1156-1).
Power Supply
  • FCO A0291-1: Sun Fire V440 (Non-RoHS) Power Supply may fail prematurely due to fan degradation issue. Reference FAB 1019231.1.
System Board
  • Damage to Motherboard connector could occur during removal of ALOM Card from Sun Fire V440 or Netra 440 (FIN I1101-1).
  • Sun Fire V440 and Netra 440 systems using a specific networking configuration may unexpectedly reset (FIN I1099-1).
  • Sun Fire V440 and Netra 440 systems using a specific networking configuration may unexpectedly reset. (FCO A0245-1).
Graphics Card
  • XVR-600 graphics card can cause rendering performance issue when performing simultaneous rendering update with OpenGL windows. (FIN I1161-1).
Removable Media
  • Sun Fire V440 Server will not be able to boot S10U6 (or higher) from DVD TSST TS-L462C. Reference FAB 1022288.1.

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