Is there a way to "test" the battery in this dallas chip to ensure that this
is the cause before replacing the chip?

Zitat von "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>:

> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Jean-Pierre HOFER wrote:
> 
> > I suspect some low battery problem ("After a long periode where I did
> not use
> > the system" :  the battery could be low, if any); but is there some
> battery
> > backup for the clock etc. on the 5000/xx ?  I was never able to find a
> > battery on the 5000/1xx and 5000/xx motherboards. Perhaps some little
> > rechargeable battery solded on the board ?
> 
>  A lithium battery is embedded into the Dallas DS1287 RTC chip.  It's
> not
> rechargeable -- once it's dead you need to replace the whole chip.
> 
> -- 
> +  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
> +--------------------------------------------------------------+
> +        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +
> 


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