Re: Question about Robotron...

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As long as AA batteries are around I wouldn't bother replacing the CMOS
ram. You just need to replace the batteries every couple of years. I tell
folks to change them once a year on their birthday, and at the same time to
check their smoke detectors, etc.

You can replace the batteries with the Supercaps, if you like, but again ,
that involves soldering and a tiny bit of mucking about. It's not bad, but
some 5101's draw a bit of current and thus the supercaps discharge over a
few weeks.

John :-#)#

At 08:11 PM 9/24/00, tom mcclintock wrote:
>Is it advisable to replace the CMOS chip with an NVRAM chip to avoid the
>use of
>batteries? And which chip exactly?
>
>
>tom
>
>
>Rodger Boots wrote:
>
> > Yup, there should be 3 AA cells on the motherboard in order to save
> settings.
> >
> > Andrew Wilson wrote:
> >
> > > I have a quick question for you guys - The CMOS settings on
> my Robotron
> > > board aren't being saved. I noticed that there are no batteries on
> the CPU
> > > board - are these batteries required to save the CMOS settings?
> > >
> > > Drew
> > >
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Received on Sun Sep 24 20:53:48 2000