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Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock

From Arno <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock
Date 2013-09-01 23:08 +0000
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W. eWatson <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 8/31/2013 5:27 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
>> On 8/30/2013 7:20 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
>>> The clock on my My ABIT VA-10 motherboard runs slowly. Over the course
>>> of a day it may drift several seconds. Could this be caused by an aging
>>> battery? What battery would I used to replace the current one?
>>>
>>> I could not find an ABIT VA-10 manual that is searchable.
>>
>> Found the batter, but it's a bugger to get out.
> A little small rectangular piece along the side turned out to be a lever 
> that popped out the battery. The battery is in very good shape, 3.5v, so 
> now what's causing the slowing of the clock?

Bad crystal. Did this turn up suddenly and was it fine before?
Can also be mechanical shock to the crystal. 

Normal range for a clock-crystal is 50ppm deviation, which is up 
to 4.5 sec/day.  A cheap one may be far worse, but not more than 
20 sec/day. If you see more, somethign is broken.

There is one possibility: If the oscillator circuit is dying 
(overheating chipset), it may miss ticks and slow down much
more.

Arno



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My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> - 2013-08-30 19:20 -0700
  Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock -DirtBag <Dirt@sonic.net> - 2013-08-30 20:27 -0700
  Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> - 2013-08-31 17:27 -0700
    Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> - 2013-08-31 18:06 -0700
      Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2013-09-01 23:08 +0000
        Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> - 2013-09-02 18:41 -0700
          Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com> - 2013-09-03 04:45 +0200
          Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2013-09-04 09:08 +0000
  Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2013-09-01 23:01 +0000
    Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock "W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> - 2013-09-02 18:43 -0700
      Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2013-09-04 09:03 +0000

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