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[Carbo]

Kinda surprised. Got my SE a month ago. Been playing it alot but was surprised to get a message saying the internal clock battery is low.

I guess I am not in a rush to replace it if all that means is the calendar is not right on my files. But if there are other issues that would occur would like to know.

Also, how easy is it to replace the battery? Didn't see anything in the manual re the type of battery or where it's located. Is this a fairly simple fix or should I be careful what I wish for?

Peter
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[Poseidon]

[Carbo]

any idea what type battery and how to get to it?
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[Carbo]

also, when I pull the battery will I lose any settings??
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[Carbo]

I'm not familiar with BIOS. What types of things are affected. If it goes to default what are the likely changes one might lose as a typical user?
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[voip]

The battery powers the realtime clock, used for timestamping saved files, and not much else.

[Hector Space]

The Kronos motherboard is a standard motherboard, more recent Kronos’s appear to use motherboards that are not fully populated (that is some components that are not required for the Kronos are left off the board).
The CMOS backup battery does several things. 1 as had been already explained, it keeps the real-time clock ticking so all date and time sensitive functions will work correctly. 2. It store setting for the system startup procedure and basic system input and output (BIOS). This includes the boards security features. And which chips to enable.. important if they’re not there!!
There are a couple of articles on the web by people who have customised their Kronos’s with faster motherboards. These describe the settings needed for the BIOS. So the Kronos operation requires the battery not just for the clock function.
But the bottom line is you should get the battery replaced under warranty. It should not have failed so soon, but the battery could be faulty and so could the motherboard (it maybe sinking too much current from the battery so it’s runout prematurely)
So I’d get your Korg dealer to organise a repair.

[GregC]

Hold the phone here.

I am incredulous that the CR2032 battery failed in the SE.

It might be a simple matter of an ambiguous message from the OS in Kronos.

Go to DISK for a midi clock date. It might be set to 1999 or some ancient date.
Advance it to this decade, lets say 01/01/2019.

Before doing so google the forum for similar topics. They go way back, 2012, I recall.

You might find a post from Dan Phillips who clarified what to do.

Try that first
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[Carbo]

Thank you all for the advice. This morning I started it up and no message. No idea how or why. I went to Global as suggested but don't see a midi clock option. The system clock is set to internal. I then went back to Disc mode to Set Date and Time. Oddly, the year was set to 2014 so I reset that and did a full backup on my USB stick.

If someone can give me details how to check the midi clock I'd like to do that, otherwise I will hold off and just monitor the Disc date and time as well as any more popups I get. The SE is working great no glitches so I am reluctant to call in a warranty issue if this is something I can adjust.

Peter
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[Carbo]

Understood. When I go to Disc mode and the Utility tab I then pull down the upper right menu where there is a Set Date and Time option. Is that what you are referencing?
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[GregC]