okay, last dreamcast question for now, hopefully. is it normal that i have to set the date and time every time i start up the system, or is that a sign that the rtc has a dead battery or something
why would you even solder a cmos battery directly into your thing anyway. it's like they didn't want their console to be usable at all after five years
@typhlosion Cheaper and less logistics to have a lithium battery soldered directly onto the board than having a socket with a battery in it.
@XerShadowTail that makes sense but im gonna grumble about it anyway grumble grumble
@typhlosion Yeah it would have been nice to have, but I have been thinking the next time it dies to just solder a slot that accepts LIR2032s/LR2032 since CR2032s do not have to be rechargable and that would leave a mess.
@typhlosion that was the norm for the longest time, many IBM PC-compatibles as well as early Macs had these terrible rechargeable lithium batteries (not the same chemistry as modern li-ion i don't think) for holding the cmos memory, and they would eventually leak after years in storage and the corrosive electrolyte wreaks havoc on the motherboard they're soldered onto
countless old computers have succumbed to the cmos plague
-F