[jwhat]

Hi kokoboi,

there are two very simple tests that you can do to determine if you have a RTC / Battery Issues:

1. For L1 - which uses the DALLAS DS1742W or any compatible replacement (glitchworks or cz7asm), for RTC/NVRAM storage, set the date via L1 and see if this sticks after pullingl out power, if not then your DALLAS battery is gone.

2. For IRIX - which uses the RTC chip that sits underneath the STI SNAPHAT Battery / Oscillator package, set the date (via IRIX or PROM) on this and again see if this sticks after pulling out power, again it it does not then you have SNAPHAT battery problem and this should be replaced (I know you cannot get to this point yet as you can't get to prom yet)

Like Weblacky, I am kind of inclined to go through set of basis diagnostics to help try and isolate the problem/s and making sure that each of these is systematically closed off.

As per the DALLAS DS1742W thread that Weblacky provided links to, if you get a glitchworks or cz7asm DALLAS repalcement, you should just be able to remove the battery to clear it.

I have successfully put in new/cleared cs7asm DS1742W replacements into both O350 (equivalent to Tezro) and NUMALink router and they auto-initialized without a hitch, I would expect that the glitchworks ones would be the same.

Cheers from Oz,

jwhat/John.