resetting

I probed IC 051550 and found my Simpsons board is watchdogging RES and RESET just pulse, but when I bridge the JP connecting RES (p5) and VREF (p4), RES is stuck low but RESET (p10) is stuck high. Additional info: Voltage at VS is 1.4V and the voltage at CT is 1.224V, which as I understand it...