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- | ==SRAM Issues== | + | **SRAM Issues** |
- | The X68000 has 16KB of battery-backed SRAM, which is used to store basic system settings. | + | The X68000 has 16KB of battery-backed SRAM, which is used to store basic system settings. |
Sometimes the SRAM can get corrupted. This can either be caused by a virus, a dying (but not completely dead) battery, or a sloppily-written program crashing and vomiting all over the SRAM space. If the SRAM is corrupted, you will get this message at boot time instead of a normal " | Sometimes the SRAM can get corrupted. This can either be caused by a virus, a dying (but not completely dead) battery, or a sloppily-written program crashing and vomiting all over the SRAM space. If the SRAM is corrupted, you will get this message at boot time instead of a normal " | ||
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+ | How do you get rid of it? First, you need to replace your [[SRAM battery]] if it's old. Then, if you have an XVI or later, just hold down CLR while powering on the machine and it should give you a prompt that will ask you if you want to erase the SRAM and return all settings to their defaults: | ||
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+ | If you have an older machine the process is more involved. You have two options: | ||
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+ | The most simplest is to download [[http:// | ||
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+ | You can also use a debugger. [[http:// | ||
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+ | mes e8e00d 31 \\ | ||
+ | mes ed0000 00 \\ | ||
+ | mes e8e00d 00 \\ | ||
+ | q'' | ||
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+ | This should reset the SRAM. Pop the disk out, restart and you should get your normal disk prompt back. Make sure to redo your settings in SWITCH.X, as they' | ||
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