Re: [ARMini-support] SaveCMOS glitch
- From: Andrew Pinder <Andrew.Pinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: armini-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:09:21 GMT
In message <bc93e87252.rcomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
on 19 Mar 2012 A Rawnsley <rcomp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> So it looks like one or both of the *SaveCMOS and *LoadCMOS commands
>> are missing something out. Are other bytes being affected? I can't
>> see any other changes.
Well actually I later realised that the CD icon was missing from the
iconbar. As I don't have a CD drive fitted I'm wondering why it's
there ;-)
> *LoadCMOS should take several seconds to work. If it doesn't, try
> again. Sometimes it returns immediately, and doesn't work. This
> appears to be a problem with *LoadCMOS. You'll notice that when it
> works, you get an hourglass for about 10 seconds.
Ah, now there was no way I would have known that without being told.
Perhaps adding a warning message to the application is something to
consider.
> Note that since the SaveCMOS bit seems to work every time, you can't
> go wrong with this process - just click the LoadCMOS (last step)
> button again until you get the lengthy load.
In fact it took at least 20 seconds. It does appear to have restored
things properly, including the CD icon.
Regards
Andrew
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