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Dallas RTC question

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First post, by inexxess

Posted on 2018-11-26, 09:41

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The Dallas RTC chip in my system died (DS12887A). It would freeze when posting. I bought a replacement and accidentally inserted it backwards. I corrected the orientation and now the system is in a reboot loop before it posts. Is it more likely I fried the RTC chip? I'm concerned I fried the motherboard or BIOS chip.

Reply 1 of 1, by treeman

Posted on 2018-11-26, 09:49

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I inserted it the wrong way before and didn't fry the chip or the motherboard but I had to take everything off, ram cpu etc and reinstall before it booted up again.

Not sure what the consequences are, mine was on maybye 5 seconds before I realised and turned it off.

Thought id share my experience

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