Re: Mac mini: serious clock drift
On Sun, Mar 11 2007, at 21:54 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> Hi Rick
>
> On Sun, Mar 11 2007, at 14:48 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 11, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> >
> > >"Going wrong" happens at
> > >times after a system crash, e.g., when the times are set back to 1970
> > >(and 2004, IIRC). These times I start all over with recalibrating the
> > >hardware clock ... I swear I hate these situations ...
> >
> > Hi Wolfgang,
> >
> > This sounds to me like your CMOS battery is weak or dead. You might
> > try replacing it.
>
> I probably was a bit unclear on that: The clock is set back to dates
> like 1970 only after the system crashed. [ ... ]
Wrong: time was set back to Jan 1 1904, provided my logs in /var/ know
better than I do .. :)
Sorry
Wolfgang
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