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In article <5cb66fb021bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
   Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
> > Does an ARMX6 have a CMOS battery?

> I would be surprised if it didn't. Every machine I've ever owned that
> had a real time clock had a battery for the cmos and the clock.
> Certainly my mini.m machines do and they have trouble with booting
> and networking when the batteries fail.


I found this on my ARMX6

In article <59af64c5b6p.porcelyn@kpnmail.nl>,
   Paul Porcelijn <p.porcelyn@kpnmail.nl> wrote:
> No need to dissassemble anything for a quick battery check.
> 1. Go to Alarm -> Set clock -> Set manually -> Set
> 2. Switch off ARMX6 completely (removing all power). 
> 3. Wait overnight or at least one hour
> 4. Now switch ARMX6 on and have a look at date/time. When odd it's 
>    time to exchange (or at least remove) the CR1220 coincell.

I suggest there is a vital omission from that list...
 3a. Unplug any Ethernet cable
    
Otherwise the NetTime module might re-set the clock as soon as it
starts and connects to the Ethernet!

On 23 Jan, Richard Darby <richard@rjdarby.co.uk> wrote:
> This can cause unexpected problems, in my case Pluto deleted all
> it's backups of mail and news downloads and expired a whole lot of
> articles. So any Application which is date or time dependant can be
> affected,

I agree with that totally. A wrong date/time can cause chaos which
can take some time and effort to resolve.

Note that if you have Organizer v2.23 or later, then when it starts
it validates the current clock time, and gives an error message if if
thinks the time is suspect.

-- 
Martin Avison      using a TiMachine running RISC OS 5
                   and the Pluto mail and newsreader
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