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    RCX with repeated amnesia —Steve Putz
   Our FIRST LEGO League team has an RCX that frequently loses it's memory and firmware and needs to be reloaded. However I have not yet personally caught it in the act of forgetting. We changed batteries and it still happens. The battery contacts seem (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: RCX with repeated amnesia —Richard Jenkins
     I've got one that does the same thing. I can't help you fix the problem, but perhaps I can shed some light on the cause. My poor RCX got amnesia after receiving a severe mechanical agitation resulting from the catastrophic failure of a two-legged (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: RCX with repeated amnesia —Jonathan Brown
   Dear Steve, (...) The connection between the battery holder and circuit board of the RCX is made by two spring clips. It's possible that one or both of these clips has gotten a little bent. It's not that hard to get into the casing and repair them (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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