[wplug] FC2 - System Time

[techmike]

I'm so curious about this I asked a friend..

Is this an IBM thinkpad parchance?  He said hes heard of the same thing
happen with one running mandrake 10..

Suggested checking to see if hwclock is right..

-mike

-----Original Message-----
From: "Ryan W. Frenz" <rfrenz at andrew.cmu.edu>
To: "'General user list'" <wplug at wplug.org>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:38:20 -0400
Subject: RE: [wplug] FC2 - System Time

> No, I think it is the OS.  The BIOS clock looks good.  I must have
> recorded the times wrong when testing with the reboot (too much
> coffee)...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-bounces+rfrenz=andrew.cmu.edu at wplug.org
> [mailto:wplug-bounces+rfrenz=andrew.cmu.edu at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
> techmike
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:55 PM
> To: General user list
> Subject: Re: [wplug] FC2 - System Time
> 
> Very odd..
> 
> If you stare at the clock on the bios screen does it still do the same 
> thing?
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Ryan W. Frenz" <rfrenz at andrew.cmu.edu>
> To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:29:28 -0400
> Subject: Re: [wplug] FC2 - System Time
> 
> > Yes.  So I guess it's not the OS?  Weird, because I've never noticed 
> > this before.
> > 
> > techmike wrote:
> > 
> > >Does the time advance like that without the OS running?
> > >
> > >-mike
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: "Ryan W. Frenz" <rfrenz at andrew.cmu.edu>
> > >To: wplug at wplug.org
> > >Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:09:25 -0400
> > >Subject: Re: [wplug] FC2 - System Time
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >>It's a new (~6 mos old) battery, but I've been running on AC since 
> > >>noticing this anyway.
> > >>
> > >>Ryan
> > >>
> > >>Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > >>
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:59:54 -0400
> > >>>"Ryan W. Frenz" <rfrenz at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> 
> > >>>
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > >>>>I just installed Core 2 on my 5+ year-old laptop, and I'm getting
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>some 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>interesting problems with the system time.  Simply, it's running
> > way
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>too 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>fast.  It's moving one minute about every 35 seconds!  I have it 
> > >>>>synchronized to an NTP server at psu, and every time I resync it
> > it's
> > >>>>fine -- it just gets way off really quickly.  Has anyone every
> seen
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>this 
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>>before?  Is it just an old hardware problem?
> > >>>>   
> > >>>>
> > >>>>        
> > >>>>
> > >>>Battery issue?
> > >>>
> > >>> 
> > >>>
> > >>>      
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