Re: NTP wont work as box is at 1980.

[Malcolm Ferguson <Malcolm_Ferguson@yahoo.com>]

Ben Edwards wrote:

> Greg Bolshaw wrote:
>
> > Ben Edwards wrote:
> >
> > > I have a box which will not keep the time.  Every time I shut it 
> > > down it
> > > looses the time and goes back to 1980
> >
> >
> >
> > Why not just replace the BIOS battery? That way you won't lose the 
> > time when you shutdown.
> Have already replaced the bios battery and it still douse not work.  
> think there is something up with the motherboard.


Sounds like a BIOS that isn't Y2K compatible.  I have a P75 with this 
problem.  It keeps the time, month and day, but not the year.  It seems 
to take 10 years off and revert to 1994 whenever it powers back up.

Malc