system clock is too slow

[Kent Emia]

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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