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- From: agodwin@acorn.co.uk (Adrian Godwin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Arc's RTC
- Message-ID: <20000@acorn.co.uk>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 18:30:55 GMT
- References: <1992Nov5.121703.1830@cs.utwente.nl>
- Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, UK
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1992Nov5.121703.1830@cs.utwente.nl> kortink@cs.utwente.nl (John Kortink) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov3.133310.27976@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- >gothick@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Matthew B. M. Gibson) writes:
- >
- >
- >I recently had the same effect on an 'old' A440 and had to replace the RTC
- >chip. Assuming the 440/x also uses the same clock (PCF8583 I think), you
- >should first check the voltage on pin 8 of the RTC. If this shows about 2.8
- >V then it's almost certain that you'll have to replace the RTC. Luckily,
- >replacement is easy, just a matter of unsoldering/resoldering the clock.
- >Nevertheless, I would advise 'socketing' the new chip on the board just in
- >case the same thing should ever occur again.
- >
-
- Before you spend any money, try removing the batteries and leaving the machine
- for several hours (until the voltage on the clock chip really has gone to zero).
- Then, refit the batteries and do a power-on-delete.
-
- There's a bit in the clock control register which can stop the clock : removing power
- from the chip performs a hardware reset on the device and ensures that this bit is in the
- proper state.
-
- DoubleDisclaimer : this is my advice, not Acorn's.
-
- -adrian
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- Adrian Godwin : agodwin@acorn.co.uk : adrian@fangorn.demon.co.uk : g7hwn@gb7khw
- ObDisclaimer : I believe this rubbish .. don't imagine that anyone else does.
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