[LeftCoastCNC]

Hello all, I am hoping someone can get me headed in the right direction here.

Short Version:
After sitting for two years with no power, on initial power up the CRT displays:

FS10TF 1315H
ROM TEST: END
RAM TEST:

And will never go past this. My guess is that I lost the memory batteries while it was sitting. Where do I go from here?

Long Version
I purchased a CHNC II for a hobby machine two years ago. As most of my hobbies, it was put on the back burner and has been sitting with no power to it. I read a couple weeks ago, that the memory is kept alive by batteries that should be changed once a year. OOPS! I tried firing it up tonight (so I could change the batteries under power) when I ran into the above problem.

It never passes that screen... I finally powered off after 5 minutes and tried again a few minutes later with the same result.

Is this a sign of the batteries having died and loosing everything? If so how do I start the long process of rebuilding it?

Or is it something else?

Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated. I doubt that it matters for this problem, but the machine has been upgraded to AC Axis Drives.

Thanks in advance,
Kris

[LeftCoastCNC]

Has anybody had their memory batteries die? ...In their CHNC, not personally