With Navram installed why is it everytime I turn pin on its July 1st at 4pm?
I know i could shut off clock as not visible, but its an experiment.
Just really wondering why navram won't save date and time?
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Quoted from Wharhed:It’s because the real time clock is no longer being driven by batteries when the game is off
Thank you. Won't lie. I kinda already knew this.
Back to my topic question.
We know the why because of no batteries. But, we have the technology to ad memory backup,
Why no battery on Navram?
Quoted from Syco54645:What about an nvram with a slot for a coin cell battery so that we can have a rtc. wouldn't have to use it but if you did then you get rtc.
Kinda of what I was thinking.
Quoted from Slim64:Some people run both (which kind of defeats the purpose of using nvram) to keep midnight madness working.
Quoted from Mitch:If your gonna use a battery then why nvram at all. That doesnt make any sense.
That's just the issue.
I want the games to have the Navram, eliminate the 3 AA batteries, and have the machine keep proper time.
Quoted from schudel5:I run Energizer Lithium AA batteries in all my games. I just did this to all of them a few years ago (2016 perhaps). I have spot checked some by pulling them out with the game on and testing voltage. The ones I've pulled were well over 1.6V each. I did have one game with something bad on the board that was killing even the Lithium Energizers. I thought it was the blocking diodes and I replaced those and still the same issue. I did end up putting NVRAM in that one game and all is fine now, but obviously no clock.
Out of curiosity, did you use remote battery holders?
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