vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Paul Vervalin) (10/02/90)
I recently began having problems with the battery backed clock in my Amiga 500.
The clock is in my M501 512K memory expansion board from Microbiotics. When I
reboot, cold or warm, I get a Battery Backed Clock not found error when I do a
"setclock opt load" from my startup-sequence. I removed the M501 and checked
the voltage on the battery with my trusty voltmeter and got a reading of 4.25V.
Is this enough? Should it be 5V? Is my battery bad or is it something else?
I have owned the M501 and my Amiga for 2.5 years and have never had any problemslike this, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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vervalin@austin.lockheed.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------joost@neabbs.UUCP (JOOST BOERHOUT) (10/04/90)
In message 458587 <03-10-90 05:58:42> Paul Vervalin writes: >I recently began having problems with the battery backed clock in my Amiga 500. >The clock is in my M501 512K memory expansion board from Microbiotics. When I >reboot, cold or warm, I get a Battery Backed Clock not found error when I do a >"setclock opt load" from my startup-sequence. I removed the M501 and checked >the voltage on the battery with my trusty voltmeter and got a reading of 4.25V. >Is this enough? Should it be 5V? Is my battery bad or is it something else? >I have owned the M501 and my Amiga for 2.5 years and have never had any 4.25 Volts should be enough. It is possible for a malfunctioning task however, to set the HOLD bit of your clock. This will result in a "Battery backed Clock not found" error. To reset the clock you can use the following Basic line: poke DC003C,0 - joost -