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Topic: DCI Longevity
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Leo Enticknap
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Posts: 7474
From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 03-12-2019 09:34 PM
The CMOS battery on the server motherboard is very straightforward. It's easy to spot, the battery type is so common that you'll find it at any supermarket (CR2032 - the same battery that is used in gazillions of remotes and garage door openers the world over), and the only gotcha is that you'll get a "BIOS settings have been nuked - press a key to confirm" message at the next power on. This means that you'll need a keyboard to press a key on, which, if you operate your Showvault from a Planar touchscreen, might not be immediately to hand. If that's the case, make sure that you have a USB keyboard available when you do the job.
The hard drives and fans are generic, off-the-shelf items. You can buy them through Dolby if you wish; alternatively, Dolby publish an approved list of RAID hard drive models to which it has given the corporate blessing, which you can buy from a vendor of your choosing. But as long as you use a drive branded as enterprise or NAS grade (not desktop), you'll be fine. Ideally, all the drives in the set should be of the same model, and they absolutely should be of the same capacity. If you're replacing a dead drive (as distinct from the whole set as a preventative maintenance measure) and then rebuilding, the replacement has to be of the same capacity as the deceased one, or larger.
The ICP clock battery is a BR2330. This is a little more esoteric than the CR2032, but Amazon sells them. After changing it, you'll need to reset the ICP's clock using Barco Communicator to get rid of the red tail light, but apart from the usual precautions when working with exposed integrated circuit boards (wear an antistatic wrist band, etc.), that's all there is to it.
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