Unable to amend life of an asset

I am attempting to amend the life of an asset by navigating to Assets => Asset Workbench, querying the asset and then selecting the 'Books' button. The details of the asset appear and then withih the depreciation tab under Method, I amend the life in years field. I then amend the Amortization start date to the date I require and then select the 'Done' button.
I then receive a caution message stating that I am attempting to overlap this amortizxation with a previous transaction. I click on ok to proceed and then receive a message to state that the transaction is complete and 1 record has been applied and saved. Within this form the reference number also populates to confirm that this request has worked so I assume all has worked ok.
When I view the financial information for the asset the Life Years field has reverted to the old value, can someone please help and advise if I am missing a step somewhere.
Thanks

I have now managed to amend the life by amending this first however I am unable to amend the amortization start date, it stays as the current date. When I attempt to amend this date it shows the caution stating that I am attempting to overlap the amortization with a previous transaction and I click ok to proceed however the message at the bottom of the form advises that there are no changes to save.

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