Internal Clock only records time progression when powered on
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:22 am
Bit of a weird issue that I've run into: My USA DOL-001 Gamecube will retain all OS settings but only progresses the time when the system is powered up. Now before someone reads this and instantly suspects the internal battery please understand what I'm experiencing.
For example: I set the internal clock to 1/3/2019 @ 9:00AM. I then boot into any game and play for exactly an hour. I shut the gamecube off (it remains plugged in). I return three days later and boot into the GC calendar. The clock says 1/3/2019 @ 10:00AM. The GC's clock literally stopped when I turned off the GC and picked right back up when I powered it back on. So it's able to store clock settings but it's not progressing them between powered states. I've tested this with smaller power state sessions. I'll set the clock and power off for 5 min. Power it back on and the clock continues 5 minutes in the past. So it's not like a slow degradation. The time freezes immediately when powered off and unfreezes immediately when powered on.
My question: Has anyone ever experienced or heard of such a thing? In the past when the internal battery was weakening the clock settings would usually just clear and reset to default. This is very different. I found one thread on a separate forum from 2007 which sounded very similar but there was no solution found.
The only background on this specific hardware unit is that I installed a XenoGC last year but I can't say whether or not this clock issue existed before the mod. I dont remember the clock having this issue 10+ years ago though. So the only 3 things I can think of...
-Internal Battery
-XenoGC
-Gamecube native OS/Hardware malfunction
For example: I set the internal clock to 1/3/2019 @ 9:00AM. I then boot into any game and play for exactly an hour. I shut the gamecube off (it remains plugged in). I return three days later and boot into the GC calendar. The clock says 1/3/2019 @ 10:00AM. The GC's clock literally stopped when I turned off the GC and picked right back up when I powered it back on. So it's able to store clock settings but it's not progressing them between powered states. I've tested this with smaller power state sessions. I'll set the clock and power off for 5 min. Power it back on and the clock continues 5 minutes in the past. So it's not like a slow degradation. The time freezes immediately when powered off and unfreezes immediately when powered on.
My question: Has anyone ever experienced or heard of such a thing? In the past when the internal battery was weakening the clock settings would usually just clear and reset to default. This is very different. I found one thread on a separate forum from 2007 which sounded very similar but there was no solution found.
The only background on this specific hardware unit is that I installed a XenoGC last year but I can't say whether or not this clock issue existed before the mod. I dont remember the clock having this issue 10+ years ago though. So the only 3 things I can think of...
-Internal Battery
-XenoGC
-Gamecube native OS/Hardware malfunction