Net Time / W32Time

[C10]

Strange occurance here:
Windows 2000 SBS, SP4

On Saturday, I installed a new APC UPS and latest
PowerChute Bus Edition Basic software. Ever since then,
the system time has been moving FORWARD slowly, until
after 2-3 days, the server time is 15 minutes or more
ahead of "real life" time. Server is not using outside
sntp source. Bios needs update, but can't do that til
this weekend.. Any ideas ? No viruses, all patches in
place... Would think it was cmos battery, if it were
losing time...but just the opposite is true.
Thanks for any input.
C10

 

[Dave Patrick]

What happens if you bypass the UPS? Perhaps the output is > 60 Hz.

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Strange occurance here:
| Windows 2000 SBS, SP4
|
| On Saturday, I installed a new APC UPS and latest
| PowerChute Bus Edition Basic software. Ever since then,
| the system time has been moving FORWARD slowly, until
| after 2-3 days, the server time is 15 minutes or more
| ahead of "real life" time. Server is not using outside
| sntp source. Bios needs update, but can't do that til
| this weekend.. Any ideas ? No viruses, all patches in
| place... Would think it was cmos battery, if it were
| losing time...but just the opposite is true.
| Thanks for any input.
| C10

 

[C10]

Haven't tried yet. Can't bring system down until
tomorrow, long enough to switch it out of the UPS.
Can you point me to any articles / info on what to do, if
this is the case, or how to test this?

Thanks for info.
C

 

[Bob I]

Give this article a read

The system clock may run fast when you use the ACPI power management
timer as a high-resolution counter on Windows 2000-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821893&Product=win2000

Haven't tried yet. Can't bring system down until
tomorrow, long enough to switch it out of the UPS.
Can you point me to any articles / info on what to do, if
this is the case, or how to test this?

Thanks for info.
C

-----Original Message-----
What happens if you bypass the UPS? Perhaps the output

is > 60 Hz.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| Strange occurance here:
| Windows 2000 SBS, SP4
|
| On Saturday, I installed a new APC UPS and latest
| PowerChute Bus Edition Basic software. Ever since
then,

| the system time has been moving FORWARD slowly, until
| after 2-3 days, the server time is 15 minutes or more
| ahead of "real life" time. Server is not using outside
| sntp source. Bios needs update, but can't do that til
| this weekend.. Any ideas ? No viruses, all patches in
| place... Would think it was cmos battery, if it were
| losing time...but just the opposite is true.
| Thanks for any input.
| C10


.

 

[C10]

Thanks for the link. I think it's something along the
lines of this article, but I wouldn't have any idea how
to "modify the program" as the article suggests...

Quote from MS KB Article:
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use one of the following
methods:
Modify the program to call the timeBeginPeriod function
at startup and to call the timeEndPeriod function on
exit. This workaround eliminates repeated time increment
changes.
Modify the program to use the QueryPerformanceCounter()
API.

Will be doing more research today, and testing this
weekend, so any add'l input greatly appreciated!

C10

-----Original Message-----
Give this article a read

The system clock may run fast when you use the ACPI power management
timer as a high-resolution counter on Windows 2000-based computers

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;821893&Product=win2000

Haven't tried yet. Can't bring system down until
tomorrow, long enough to switch it out of the UPS.
Can you point me to any articles / info on what to do, if
this is the case, or how to test this?

Thanks for info.
C

-----Original Message-----
What happens if you bypass the UPS? Perhaps the output

is > 60 Hz.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| Strange occurance here:
| Windows 2000 SBS, SP4
|
| On Saturday, I installed a new APC UPS and latest
| PowerChute Bus Edition Basic software. Ever since
then,

| the system time has been moving FORWARD slowly, until
| after 2-3 days, the server time is 15 minutes or more
| ahead of "real life" time. Server is not using outside
| sntp source. Bios needs update, but can't do that til
| this weekend.. Any ideas ? No viruses, all patches in
| place... Would think it was cmos battery, if it were
| losing time...but just the opposite is true.
| Thanks for any input.
| C10


.

.

 

[Bob I]

The other choice whould be to time sync with another server.

Thanks for the link. I think it's something along the
lines of this article, but I wouldn't have any idea how
to "modify the program" as the article suggests...

Quote from MS KB Article:
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use one of the following
methods:
Modify the program to call the timeBeginPeriod function
at startup and to call the timeEndPeriod function on
exit. This workaround eliminates repeated time increment
changes.
Modify the program to use the QueryPerformanceCounter()
API.

Will be doing more research today, and testing this
weekend, so any add'l input greatly appreciated!

C10

-----Original Message-----
Give this article a read

The system clock may run fast when you use the ACPI

power management

timer as a high-resolution counter on Windows 2000-based
computers

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;821893&Product=win2000

C10 wrote:

Haven't tried yet. Can't bring system down until
tomorrow, long enough to switch it out of the UPS.
Can you point me to any articles / info on what to do,

if

this is the case, or how to test this?

Thanks for info.
C



-----Original Message-----
What happens if you bypass the UPS? Perhaps the output


is > 60 Hz.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in


newsgroup.


Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| Strange occurance here:
| Windows 2000 SBS, SP4
|
| On Saturday, I installed a new APC UPS and latest
| PowerChute Bus Edition Basic software. Ever since


then,


| the system time has been moving FORWARD slowly, until
| after 2-3 days, the server time is 15 minutes or more
| ahead of "real life" time. Server is not using

outside

| sntp source. Bios needs update, but can't do that

til

| this weekend.. Any ideas ? No viruses, all patches

in

| place... Would think it was cmos battery, if it were
| losing time...but just the opposite is true.
| Thanks for any input.
| C10


.

.

 

[Guest]

Meaning to set the sntp source to something like
time.microsoft.com? (meaning to set this on the server
that has the time problem?) The company only has one
server, so all workstations sync to it...

 

[Bob I]

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2a.html