My experience has been that this is caused by one of two things...power supply going bad (-5 volts) or the ram battery is starting to fail.
It is easy to test the battery. Take a meter to it and make sure it has over 3 volts when the power is off. There is no test for the -5 volts. When it goes the unit will start clicking like crazy.

Last edited by Derrick; 05/17/14 08:34 PM.

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