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I have a Cobra3, and a couple of weeks ago I was a bad boy and forgot to check the battery before a dive. The computer functioned, but I think it stopped recording dive data partway through.

Since then I've had intermittent problems downloading dives, and after yesterday I saw this message from the "vyper2" test program:
... (many lines) ....
[214.853200] INFO: Read: size=15, data=05000B0023085A14275BFFFFFFFF17
[214.853226] INFO: Sleep: value=600
[215.454276] INFO: RTS: value=1
[215.454583] INFO: Sleep: value=10
[215.465346] INFO: Write: size=7, data=0500030190089F
[215.465385] INFO: RTS: value=0
[215.493767] INFO: Read: size=15, data=05000B0190089E3B8000803D2793BB
[215.493783] ERROR: Invalid ringbuffer pointer detected. [in ../../source/src/s\
uunto_common2.c:302 (suunto_common2_device_foreach)]
[215.493791] ../../source/examples/suunto_vyper2_test.c:60: Cannot read dives.
[215.494081]
SUMMARY
[215.494092] -------
[215.494096] test_dump_memory: Success
[215.494099] test_dump_sdm: Data format error

If I remove the battery for a week will the computer's memory get reset so it won't have errors in its ring buffer?

Can you send me the VYPER2.DMP and VYPER2.LOG files that have been created by the test application? You can find my email address on the libdivecomputer website.

Thanks! I sent by email, and also made a trac report. I tried Suunto DM4, too, and it was unable to download dives from the computer. I think I'll remove the battery for a week and see if that helps.