Bob,
"Bob I" wrote:
> Was it identical to what was replaced or is it different model
> motherboard?
The description part numbers are the same MPC Corp NBK 1838-01, down to the
model suffix. I didn't disassemble to check any silkscreening on the boards.
> Also are there any BIOS updates for that unit from the
> laptop manufacturer?
>
Pleasantly enough, the replacement system shipped with a BIOS that hadn't
even been released on the manufacturer's website. That BIOS was publicly
released a few weeks later.
Good suggestions so far. Maybe I'll dig up the release notes for the
current BIOS and see if there is anything too terrible and roll back a
version. I don't usually like to do that. Alternatively, I could figure out
how to increase the frequency that the system does a time update to daily
instead of weekly.
Thanks,
Tom
> Tom S. wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestions.
> >
> > "Power saving state" to mean either stand-by or hibernate.
> >
> > I received bare, refurbished replacement hardware for broken equipment under
> > warranty. I did the XP Professional install, then chipset drivers,
> > peripherals, one by one, then applications. No errors or question marks in
> > Device Manager. System log is clean. I've installed everything since DOS
> > 2.x. I absolutely could have made a mistake, but I'm not seeing it.
> >
> > Looks like hardware or driver to me, but so far everything checks out.
> > Maybe I'll redo the chipset drivers again. But that's just guessing.
> >
> > Tom S.
> >
> > "Bob I" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"Power saving mode"? You mean "standby"? My guess is the proper
> >>motherboard drivers aren't installed during the "refurb", or some
> >>software is interfering.
> >>
> >>Tom S. wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Yves, thanks for the response.
> >>>
> >>>Please note that the laptop keeps perfect time when the CMOS battery is in
> >>>use when the system is off. Only when it is in a power-saving state does it
> >>>lose time.
> >>>
> >>>Additionally, this laptop was fully refurbished in August 2006. A weak CMOS
> >>>is unlikely, but not impossible.
> >>>
> >>>"Yves Leclerc" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Check the CMOS battery. This is usually a sign that the battery is getting
> >>>>weak and would need replacing.
> >>>>
> >>>>On 05/10/2006 Tom S. <Tom S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Greetings,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>My system loses time whenever in standby or hibernate, not at a minute lost
> >>>>>per minute off rate, but some fraction of that. Perfect time kept if
> >>>>>shutdown or always on.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>No unresolved event log errors that look related.
> >>>>>Most recent manufacturer system BIOS in use.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Synchronization fails silently after resuming. Date & Time | Update Time
> >>>>>returns successfully synchronized but the incorrect time is still there.
> >>>>>Restarting the windows time service and repeating the update returns correct
> >>>>>synchronization.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Anybody else seen this? Fixed this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>TIA,
> >>>>>Tom S.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Centrino 1.6 w/ 1GB RAM 52GB XP partition on 100GB disk
> >>>>>XP Pro SP2 + all current MS Update patches
> >>>>>BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080010, 2005-02-24
> >>>>>time server 0.us.pool.ntp.org
> >>>>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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