On 07/24/2016 05:44 AM, fred roller wrote:
First thing I would check is the CMOS battery if you have one or can
get to
it. Sounds like system time is not being held. Go through boot log. If the
system corrects shortly after a. Nts comes up and b. Network connection is
established then this may be the case. Couple dollars for a button battery
will have you right.
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imbw, but, if battery is too weak to hold clock settings, reversion would
be further than a few days. even if there is a cap holding cmos v.
to prove or disprove, if op is interested is to pull mains for several
minutes, then boot to bios and check clock. no need for a full system
power up.
if clock is correct, not battery. if off by days, may be battery.
iirc, lithium cells and batteries should maintain level voltage over
around 3 years of load rating. after that time, voltage drops at a
sharp rate.
i have seen lithium cmos batteries last over 5 years, but that was just
to see how long they would last.
i normally leave a system up 24/7/365 and only power down for service
or hardware change. running systems on apc ups makes for safe operation
because of ups feed back to system.
about 6 years ago, area lost utility mains and i ran home with a 40Kw
generator. i had to reset low voltage levels of ups so it would not
cycle to batteries when generator dropped in output.
some info on cmos and lithium batteries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvolatile_BIOS_memory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_battery
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