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xserve / internal RAID card / Battery Failed (code 0x#0 = 18)

Hi, about 2 years ago, I started this thread:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2651830?threadID=2651830


And guess what? I have exactly the same problem again. I can't believe that the battary will only last for two years. Is this intended? Is it not possible to make it last longer?


So, am I supposed to change it again?

Posted on Sep 29, 2012 9:17 AM

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Oct 4, 2012 8:43 AM in response to Some Dude

Guys, I just swapped in a brand new RAID card battery on my 2009 XServe. BTW - this is no easy task, and definitely not a 15 minute operation. Took me 45 minutes to an hour, not that I'm complaining :-) So, the problem is I boot up, get the RAID Utility, still showing write cache disabled, and the batter says "Charging". Now I can imagine it needs to charge a brand new battery, the question is how long should this take? I thought it was supposed to be like 20 minutes, but it's been 45 and no movement of the battery level indicator at all. There is still only 1 bar of "Charge" in the lower left corner of the RAID utility window, and the color of course is still yellow. Anybody recall how long til I know whether this is the fix or not? I have a funny feeling that I have a deeper issue here, and that perhaps my RAID card itself is not able to deliver the charge or something.


Thoughts? Thanks as always.

Oct 4, 2012 9:29 AM in response to Some Dude

Ahh, well, never mind! I just got the new alert saying it is starting the conditioning process and it could take up to to 12 hours, blah blah. It says NOT to reboot the box, or do any shutdown, etc. while this 12 hours is going on. Interesting, I guess I won't be touching it again until Midnight tonight! A watched pot never boils, me thinks.


Cheers for me and my brand sparking new RAID cache coming back here today, big step for me! And my new SAS drive just showed up, wooooohoooo!!!! Now I can keep a separate JBOD drive with just Snow Leopard Server on it, in case this Mountain Lion thing is not all its cracked up to be. Kinda feel like it's Christmas over here.

Oct 5, 2012 3:22 AM in response to iToaster

No, you're not up to date on that, check the other threads we've been discussing this. LOM is absolutely supported now in Mountain Lion, works great. I believe the Server update to 2.1.1 on 9/27 fixed it. Because it works fine now during repeated installs of ML (Server) for me. You can edit the configuration, everything. You just need to monitor it from a machine with Server Monitor on it (so Snow Leopard Server works), or you can forget about monitoring it from a Mac, and simply use IPMI Touch app on the iPhone/iPad, etc. Works like a charm, allows remote reboots, shutdowns, power up's, and all environmental monitoring every variable. Good stuff.

Feb 26, 2013 5:46 PM in response to egbertfromkingston

if there are any Apple distributors in Jamaica you could try them

call apple to get the part number there can be confusion if the local Apple distributor is not familiar with

Apple servers and Apple Raid.

or you might end up with a small bios backup button type battery, make it very clear is a Raid Battery


must be a conspiracy, I just checked xserve Raid......battery not charging was replaced in 2011

xserve / internal RAID card / Battery Failed (code 0x#0 = 18)

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