[Tfug] PC Clock

[Glenn Shannon]

Hi Jim,

I have an Asus A7N8X-Deluxe that had the same issue, it was fixed by 
replacing the CMOS battery. For some wierd reason when the clock generator 
isn't getting enough off of the battery, it does all sorts of wierd things. 
Some run faster, some run slower, some lose time altogether...

It should be the battery, just pick up a CR2032 and pop it in.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Secan" <jim at nwra.com>
To: <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 AM
Subject: [Tfug] PC Clock


> I'm running an SWS system with an ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard, and the
> on-board clock has started running systematically fast - on order 
> 10min/day
> increase.  I'm kludging by nudging the clock via ntp, but I'm worried
> something may be amiss on the hardware side.  It was suggested that the
> battery may be going bad, but I would think (perhaps naively) that this
> would result in a slow clock.  Might this be the battery, or is something
> else going on?  Is changing the battery just a matter of buying one and
> doing a swap-out?
>
> TIA
> Jim
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