strange thing with p3 system

  • Thread starter Thread starter Stuart Turrell
  • Start date Start date
S

Stuart Turrell

I have just built a old p3 system with 667mhz processor (used to be a dell).

I leave it running 24/7 to capture data from my weather station.

The thing is, something is going wrong with the clock, it is either slow or
6 hours + behind!

What could be the problem. Would it be the motherboard battery? Bearing in
mind the system is running 24/7?!

Stuart
 
well you can try a new battery and see if that helps if not then it is most
likely a failure of the clock on the motherboard.
 
BigJIm said:
well you can try a new battery and see if that helps if not then it is most
likely a failure of the clock on the motherboard.
Click to expand...
Windows only looks at the onboard clock at Boot! What OS? Win9x is NOT
suitable for running 24/7. You may need to restart every 2 or 3 days,
depending how well behaved the software is. Badly behaved apps can cause the
windows clock to lose time.
MIke.
 
Stuart said:
I have just built a old p3 system with 667mhz processor (used to be a dell).

I leave it running 24/7 to capture data from my weather station.

The thing is, something is going wrong with the clock, it is either slow or
6 hours + behind!

What could be the problem. Would it be the motherboard battery? Bearing in
mind the system is running 24/7?!

Stuart
Click to expand...

Until you figure it out, and even afterwards, keep an internet time sync.

http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm
 
Stuart Turrell said:
I have just built a old p3 system with 667mhz processor (used to be a
dell).

I leave it running 24/7 to capture data from my weather station.

The thing is, something is going wrong with the clock, it is either slow
or 6 hours + behind!

What could be the problem. Would it be the motherboard battery? Bearing in
mind the system is running 24/7?!

Stuart
Click to expand...

I built a brand new Athlon system a year ago on a new Soltek mb and that
bugger has never kept time; even with a new battery. (24/7 WXP)
So I use Atomic Clock and have it ping daily.
Has never burped except for this one dumb thing. I figure some things just
ain't worth wasting time on.
Mark
 
Back
Top