Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!bj From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Help! My clock is moving BACKWARDS! Message-ID: <15146@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 14 Oct 90 15:36:53 GMT References: <1990Oct8.055618.27507@IRO.UMontreal.CA> <1990Oct13.220412.26145@sdd.hp.com> Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 24 In article <1990Oct13.220412.26145@sdd.hp.com> briang@sdd.hp.com (Brian Gragg) writes: > I've got a problem and I'm looking for help. My A500 clock (internal) is > jumpping backwards every couple of minutes. The battery backed up clock > keeps time just fine. But once the time has been loaded from there, the > A500 can't seem to keep track. > Symptom: 1. Every minute to two, the clock jumps backwards by 15 to 50 > seconds or more. > 2. When I recycle power the clock comes up OK, but quickly > starts with symptom #1. Even after being off for a while. > Thanks much (in advance) > Brian. > As I mentioned in mail to you, my machine started doing this at almost the same time that yours did. Today I replaced the two 8520 chips in the thing and all is back to normal. So that could be a hint. :) I'm not a hardware guy so I offer no explanations; only what solved it for me. bj ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Brian Jackson Software Engineer @ Commodore-Amiga Inc. GEnie: B.J. | | bj@cbmvax.commodore.com or ...{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!bj | | "Kill a small animal, drink a lite beer." - R.Williams | ------------------------------------------------------------------------