[vox-tech] Slow Clock- New Battery
Tony Cratz
cratz at hematite.com
Sat Oct 22 17:31:29 PDT 2011
On 10/22/2011 05:06 PM, Bob Scofield wrote:
> Earlier this year I noticed that my computer clock was slow so I put in
> a new battery. Recently I noticed that the clock still runs slow.
> Sometimes the clock is at the right time when I turn the computer on.
>
> I've Googled this problem and learned that one cause of a slow clock
> might be a defect in a memory resident program. I can live with a slow
> clock. My question is this:
>
> Can a slow clock be a symptom of something serious; like a motherboard
> going out?
>
> I want to know if I have to be thinking about getting a new computer.
Why not use NTP and let it adjust the clock as needed. Every
computer I set-up for personal or business use, I always use
NTP on it. This way the time in my logs can be used to know
exactly when an event happened.
Tony
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