Impulse Flashback asking for time & date

fallwood · Post by **fallwood** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:05 am

AAAARRRRRRRGGHHHH bloody machiine, it started asking for the date & time again yesterday, surely the new battery cant be dead already . Any ideas ?.

machine doctor · Post by **machine doctor** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:05 pm

Have you checked the battery voltage again to see if its charged or not?
If it's ok then the fault may be with the security PIC chip on the main board, the time & date settings are stored in this chip which the battery maintains when the machine is switched off.

fallwood · Post by **fallwood** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:06 pm

I see, if it is the chip will it effect how the machine plays, all the other info seems to be intact.

cheers.

machine doctor · Post by **machine doctor** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:12 pm

The machine should still run ok if you are willing to put up with it asking for the time and date everytime it's switched on.The security chip supports the real time clock function as well as other security monitoring including when the machine is switched off,This would be a problem if the machine was still in commercial use but for home won't stop you using it.

fallwood · Post by **fallwood** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:26 am

I see, it has also started sounding the switched off alarm when turned on so your suggestion seems very likely . I will probably want to sell it on at some point so I'll have to fix it eventually, is it fixable or would it need a whole new board.

Cheers.

machine doctor · Post by **machine doctor** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:40 pm

Without looking at the board a definite diagnosis cannot be given,but assuming now the fault is on the board and no repair(engineer) is available, replacing it would be the option.

psxcity · Post by **psxcity** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:14 am

depending where u are based i can send ya a engineer round/or prob got mpu in workshop