ClassicWB Time Issue?

Tempest 2084 · 04 July 2009, 05:41

The dreaded time issue has hit me again! Expect this time it's not in WinUAE, but on a real Amiga. I'm using ClassicWB on my Amiga 1200 and the time seems to keep correctly when I shut it off and on, but the date is wrong. The computer seems to think that's it's July 1st now and won't let me change it (it just reverts back). The time is correct though, which is really odd. I changed the battery on my accelerator board, but that didn't seem to help. Any ideas?

If it was a battery issue you'd think that it would

a. Revert back to the default time and date each time I turned the computer off. and

b. The time would be completely wrong each time, not just the date.

Bloodwych · 04 July 2009, 15:25

Very strange. Can't really think what would cause such a thing. Never had anyone else report anything similar.

Tempest 2084 · 06 July 2009, 05:42

Ok another odd development. I turned on my Amiga today and it says it's May 7th 2009. The time is wrong now as well, it's an hour and 10 minutes off (exactly). Weird!

Graham Humphrey · 06 July 2009, 07:54

I very much doubt it's a ClassicWB issue. My accelerator does similar. Most of the time it resets to December 16th, 2004 at 13:59 but occasionally the time and date is correct and sometimes it goes completely random (and I've had the time stay correctly but the date was at May 2031 once).

Tempest 2084 · 06 July 2009, 15:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

I very much doubt it's a ClassicWB issue. My accelerator does similar. Most of the time it resets to December 16th, 2004 at 13:59 but occasionally the time and date is correct and sometimes it goes completely random (and I've had the time stay correctly but the date was at May 2031 once).

Ahh so it's probably an accelerator issue then. Bah, nothing to be done about that then.

Rabbit80 · 06 July 2009, 17:44

My old RAM card did something similar - until I worked out that the arm holding the battery in was slightly loose and the battery was not making a good contact!

Bloodwych · 06 July 2009, 18:01

You can always double check - try booting into normal Workbench, changing the date, and switching the Amiga off/on.

You can do this using your standard Workbench disks, or try holding the right mouse button on boot to bring up the ClassicWB bootmenu and then select Workbench.

Tempest 2084 · 06 July 2009, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabbit80

My old RAM card did something similar - until I worked out that the arm holding the battery in was slightly loose and the battery was not making a good contact!

Yeah I thought about that last night. I'll take a look at that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodwych

You can always double check - try booting into normal Workbench, changing the date, and switching the Amiga off/on.

You can do this using your standard Workbench disks, or try holding the right mouse button on boot to bring up the ClassicWB bootmenu and then select Workbench.

Good point. I will check this also.

04 July 2009, 05:41	#1
Tempest 2084 Prototype Historian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SE MI / USA Posts: 420	ClassicWB Time Issue? The dreaded time issue has hit me again! Expect this time it's not in WinUAE, but on a real Amiga. I'm using ClassicWB on my Amiga 1200 and the time seems to keep correctly when I shut it off and on, but the date is wrong. The computer seems to think that's it's July 1st now and won't let me change it (it just reverts back). The time is correct though, which is really odd. I changed the battery on my accelerator board, but that didn't seem to help. Any ideas? If it was a battery issue you'd think that it would a. Revert back to the default time and date each time I turned the computer off. and b. The time would be completely wrong each time, not just the date.

06 July 2009, 05:42	#3
Tempest 2084 Prototype Historian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SE MI / USA Posts: 420	Ok another odd development. I turned on my Amiga today and it says it's May 7th 2009. The time is wrong now as well, it's an hour and 10 minutes off (exactly). Weird! Last edited by Tempest 2084; 06 July 2009 at 15:23.

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04 July 2009, 15:25	#2
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Very strange. Can't really think what would cause such a thing. Never had anyone else report anything similar.

06 July 2009, 07:54	#4
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	I very much doubt it's a ClassicWB issue. My accelerator does similar. Most of the time it resets to December 16th, 2004 at 13:59 but occasionally the time and date is correct and sometimes it goes completely random (and I've had the time stay correctly but the date was at May 2031 once).

06 July 2009, 17:44	#6
Rabbit80 Its hard being famous! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gateway to the dales, UK Age: 43 Posts: 633	My old RAM card did something similar - until I worked out that the arm holding the battery in was slightly loose and the battery was not making a good contact!

06 July 2009, 18:01	#7
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	You can always double check - try booting into normal Workbench, changing the date, and switching the Amiga off/on. You can do this using your standard Workbench disks, or try holding the right mouse button on boot to bring up the ClassicWB bootmenu and then select Workbench.

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