04656: Various Sets: "Timer Error" shows before start of game each time, showing odd time during setting

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
04656	Misc.	Trivial	Always	Feb 1, 2012, 20:09	Feb 4, 2012, 15:01

Tester	Bubblun_Z	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Self-compiled)
Assigned To	Kale	Resolution	Fixed	OS	Windows Vista/7 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	kaneko/suprnova.cpp
Version	0.144u7	Fixed in Version	0.145	Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	04656: Various Sets: "Timer Error" shows before start of game each time, showing odd time during setting
Description	A number of games on Super Kaneko Nova System are giving a "Timer Error" and take you to the Time Set screen or just immediately going to it without a prior screen (like Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou). It also happened in the last version (0.144u6), and with all the galpanis sets working again, they're all doing the same thing. It can also display odd times for the currently set time (over 24 hour time?). This happens each time you load the game, accepting the time with or without changing it will get you through, but you'll be seeing it again every time. There are exceptions (Cyvern, Gals Panic S2 & S3, Guts'n, Panic Street, Puzz Loop, Sen-Know...) that just start the game without the error, I haven't checked their time settings yet. It happens mostly for all four Electro Design mahjong games and various Kaneko titles. Sengeki Striker is an odd case. During the checks, it'll say the clock is NG, and you'll need to push a button to go into the Test Menu, where you'll need to use Clock Adjustments, then Exit afterwards. It didn't seem to be showing 42:##:## as the time, either. The others just immediately take you to the set screen.
Steps To Reproduce	1) Load up any game on the hardware. 2) Wait past the BIOS, you'll see it as soon as it's done. If you don't, that's an exception.
Additional Information
Github Commit

Flags
Regression Version	0.144u6
Affected Sets / Systems	Various Sets

Attached Files

No.08129 haynor666 Tester Feb 1, 2012, 20:27	Looks like NVRAM is not saving as well.
No.08143 Kale Developer Feb 4, 2012, 15:01	Let's say "resolved" but it's actually pretty weird as an issue (it tries to read uninitialized registers?), probably needs HW tests ...