I looked at my OLD Power Mac MT (mobo fabbed in 1997) and it HAS a dead battery. It resets to Jan 1, 1970 every reboot. Basic point: I do not think it will "keep time" if the batter is dead.<br><br>Anyway, glad you have it fixed! <br><br>Au revoir,<br><br>Ben Ricker<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Y-Lan Boureau</b> <<a href="mailto:blauenote@yahoo.fr">blauenote@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Actually someone just told me that the clock always works even if the battery is dead, so it means nothing that time is passing :-(<br> Hope it's not the case though.<br><br><b><i>Y-Lan Boureau <<a href="mailto:blauenote@yahoo.fr" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> blauenote@yahoo.fr</a>></i></b> a écrit :<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><span class="q"> <br> <b><i>Ben Ricker <<a href="mailto:ben.ricker@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ben.ricker@gmail.com</a>></i></b> a écrit : Note that this can als indicate that the Mobo battery that keeps the time synced when the power is off may be dead.<br> <br> No no, today we are April 14th, 1976, and four days ago was April 10th, 1976, so time is actually kept :-) <br> <br> Thanks everyone, I'll try tonight as soon as I have my computer in front of me.<br><br> Cheers,<br> <br> Y-Lan<br> <br> </span><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <span class="q"><br> <br> <br> <br>But try the hwclock stuff first.<br><br></span><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/13/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"> Christophe Choumert</b> <<a href="mailto:christophe.choumert@polytechnique.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> christophe.choumert@polytechnique.org</a>> wrote:</span></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><span class="q"> On Monday 13 February 2006 ! 13:36, Y-Lan Boureau wrote: <br>> Does anyone know a fix to this -- either, how I could set correct time<br>> and date in Open Firmware, or allow Linux to remember its own time and<br>> date ? <br><br>The relevant option is in /etc/conf.d/clock : <br>---<br># If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time<br># during shutdown, then say "yes" here.<br><br>CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"<br> ---<br><br>followed by<br>% rc-update add clock boot <br>to make sure it runs at boot and halt.<br><br>> cheers,<br>> Y-Lan<br><br>Cheers,<br>Christophe<br><br></span>PS: my MacOS X wo! n't boot anymore either, I wish I knew why. <span class="q"><br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list <br><br></span></blockquote></div><span class="q"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ben Ricker<br>He's just this guy, you know? </span></blockquote><span class="q"><br><div> </div><hr size="1"> Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! Messenger ! Découvez les tarifs exceptionnels pour appeler la France et l'international. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/messenger/mail_taglines/default/*http://fr.beta.messenger.yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Téléchargez</a> la version beta.</span></blockquote> <div><span class="e" id="q_10967f6ee7460ea6_15"><br><p> </p><hr size="1"> Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Yahoo! Messenger ! Découvez les tarifs exceptionnels pour appeler la France et l'international. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/messenger/mail_taglines/default/*http://fr.beta.messenger.yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Téléchargez</a> la version beta. <p></p></span></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ben Ricker<br>He's just this guy, you know?