system clock is too slow
Kent Emia
kent-cdr at greendot.com.ph
Thu Jul 29 06:49:32 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 06:36, Gang Qin wrote:
> John Thompson wrote:
>
> > Gang Qin wrote:
> >
> >> My FC2's system clock is very slow, every hour it loses more than 30
> >> min when the system is running, is there a way to find out the reason
> >> and correct it?
> >
> >
> > How old is the battery? You can use ntp to keep the clock syncronized
> > with a time server on the internet but if the battery is going, ntp is
> > only a band-aid. If you have a dead battery and power down
> > (intentionally or otherwise) you may have an unbootable system when
> > you try to power up again.
> >
> The laptop is one year old so I assume the battery is one year old. Does
> the batttery matter if I use AC power? Thanks.
my 50 cents maybe the battery they are mentioning here is the battery in
the motherboard not the battery of the laptop
chiawp
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