Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!agate!linus!linus!sdl From: sdl@linus.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Help! My clock is moving BACKWARDS! Message-ID: Date: 14 Oct 90 18:38:58 GMT References: <1990Oct8.055618.27507@IRO.UMontreal.CA> <1990Oct13.220412.26145@sdd.hp.com> Sender: usenet@linus.mitre.org Organization: The Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA Lines: 31 In-reply-to: briang@sdd.hp.com's message of 13 Oct 90 22:04:12 GMT In article <1990Oct13.220412.26145@sdd.hp.com> briang@sdd.hp.com (Brian Gragg) writes: > Hi all, > 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. > System: A500, Xetec SCSI hard drive & ram expansion. Otherwise plain. I had exactly the same problem with my Amiga 2000. It turned out to be a hardware problem--a bad 8520 (???) chip, I think. The repair person at the dealership I took the machine to (Memory Location/Wellesley MA) thought it looked like such a neat effect that he decided to save the bad chip to demo the effect to some local user group! -- Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mbunix.mitre.org UUCP: ...{att,decvax,genrad,necntc,ll-xn,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"