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From: gbbrooks@cs.buffalo.edu (G. Brandon Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A501 Problems
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Date: 25 Sep 89 14:20:33 GMT
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>I've had my Amiga 500 for two years now, and I've recently beenhaving some
>troubles with it's A501 card.  I'm running a completely unexpanded system
>(i.e.: 1 disk drive, no speedups, no extra hardware at all, etc.) aside from
>my A501.  Sometimes, when I boot up, the SETCLOCK OPT LOAD command in my
>startup-sequence returns <invalid> <invalid> <invalid> instead of the
>current date and time.  This has happened to me twice this week, and about
>four times in the past year.  (I've had it for about 1 and a half years).
>
>I've tried re-seating it a number of times (the computer travels to and from
>my school with me 4 times a year), and it seems fine, but then out of nowhere,
>it dies again.  Does anybody have any suggestions?

I have had my Amiga for just over a year now. For the first three or four
months, my A501 clock was sometimes 'off in dream-land' as you refer to.
I have no reason as to why. I haven't moved my Amiga in the last 1/2 year,
and since then have never experienced clock problems. Maybe a loose chip?
Just my first few months when I was moving my Amy when I had this problem.