Re: New Timekeeper/RAM clock stops on power loss?

John D. Baker wrote:
> On this particular machine (or maybe just this particular part), when the
> power is lost (either by utility failure or normal power-down) the clock
> stops ticking.  When powered up again, the OBP reports "Starting real-time
> clock", as if the timekeeper/RAM had been put to sleep using "power-off"
> from OBP (sets "ST" bit in one of the clock control registers).

I have a faint memory of certain timekeeper chips to be "inited" the 
first time after shipping so that they start ticking.

I wasn't always lucky replacing ram chips, when I had time years ago I 
often dissected them and soldered a new batter, was more succesful. But 
then, they seem to have gotten old too.

I always wondered why such "quality" system do not have a a battery 
holder with a replacement battery (of any kind...). Most Macs did have 
it or SGIs...
Except original MacII which had two on-board soldered batteries. Wow. 
And given the price of such computers, it can't be the 2$ of component.

Riccardo