Dunno what I was thinking about when I typed that last post - it should
read:

"If a clock loses time while the system is OFF, it's a battery problem.

 If it loses time while the system is ON, it's a software problem."

Sorry about that folks.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian" Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] system clock


> If a clock loses time while the system is running, it's a battery problem.
>
> If it loses time while the system is on, it's a software problem.
>
> The latter is fairly rare.
>
> BTW - If you can change the battery while the PC is running, you shouldn't
> lose any BIOS settings.  But on or off, be careful of static - make sure
you
> ground yourself adequately.
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
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