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@[email protected] If the CMOS battery is truly dead, then the embedded controller (which in more recent PCs has replaced the RTC chip of ye olden days) has probably lost power as well and may be stuck in some odd state, so I'd definitely try a new battery (just a hunch, though). The other most common failure mode of old(er) electronics are leaking electrolytic capacitors, any signs of that?

@[email protected] Did you also put in a new CMOS battery? And disconnect all power sources and let it sit for a few hours before re-powering it, that sometimes also fixes residual nonsense values stuck in some registers.

@ItsGhost @avidamoeba I sense an extremely embarrassing ER visit in someone's near future 😬

@agent_flounder Yes, big kudos to DeLonghi as well. They could just have glued everything together into one big epoxy block, but no, they chose to make it actually repairable (and even let you buy replacement parts). 👌

@workerONE Officially, I'm a computer scientist 😉 But over the years, I've fiddled around with enough electronics and mechanical engineering as well that I'm overall pretty good at fixing stuff 🤷

@gronjo45 I'd say roughly an hour to take the cover off and find the broken valve, one week waiting for the replacement to ship, and half an hour to put it back in 😉

@ada I've been a cow's milk junkie for decades, but Oatly Original is a sufficient replacement IMHO.