From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A6561384E7 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:04:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1151A21C10C; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:04:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7307B21C01F for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MY8xk-1TQeYM3fvM-00VIRU; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:04:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:04:18 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System won't boot if CMOS clock is slow Message-ID: <20130116180417.GF2656@server> References: <20130116175249.GE2656@server> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:DSAwaBlZjEoE59ZMlka/GsJNKo5WiyZ59TJbnOsRXG3 2cgPEpKhKFU01Vr9S0jz1zNKv2J6uwGGkbSvahDg7n49DSPa1t A/mhATepeFr8NtmJ+Iql5C+SeGOkVGnbatgtXwmC8tF3zxooRl RcQubepNn5VMlyt1yi662oGn3BDevqJS5TgFd3JCRbXwYQAPF9 tKiXBjLhdFiImJjbpvV+srw9FLKhoLx+NmV0tIgzpuIxSR2Ifh lc7UKLv3wNDwFDAgKsOb0fGP1kd68eT65gyBvBmSY5d5CeE4hm hvqWONzsZYMeBQ840BJgb4bltscnGJ2XbvdcvK5NnxuL5h3jpf i1tDpXeslKQ1QIuqRSPc= X-Archives-Salt: 30bc905b-a1b2-48ee-8e15-3e7d34d9fe51 X-Archives-Hash: 7223aeb90a10dfce9306d6cd07106184 On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:55:56PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote: > > His system clock runs slow, it's not a matter of the CMOS battery > being dead. If it were dead, the clock would be years off. Experience has shown that when the voltage gets low, this happens. Here's an article ... first hit: http://www.ehow.com/how_5011717_check-cmos-battery.html -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting