system clock is too slow

[Gang Qin]

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.