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Re: Falcon 030: does it work without the timer IC

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Hello,

you cannot leave the IC out. The chip contains some NVRAM.
That stores more information than just the clock such as harddisk
configuration, boot language etc.

cheers,
Matthias


Frank Bergemann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i try to replace the timer IC, which has a battery inside, that is
> exhausted.
> I could remove the old IC. But i still have to insert the new one.
> But in between i wanted to check, if the Falcon is still alive.
> But it doesn't show any boot screen.
>
> Can someone confirm, that it just doesn't work without the timer IC?
> Or should it do without? (Then i maybe damaged it).
>
> - thanks!
>
> rgds,
> Frank

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Falcon 030: does it work without the timer IC Frank Bergemann <FBergemann@web.de> - 2011-07-17 07:28 -0700
  Re: Falcon 030: does it work without the timer IC Matthias Arndt <marndt@asmsoftware.de> - 2011-07-18 15:20 +0000
  Re: Falcon 030: does it work without the timer IC xlator@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2011-07-18 12:59 -0500

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