Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Subject: Re: My ABIT VA-10 motherboard and clock Date: 4 Sep 2013 09:08:58 GMT Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net PyJgQmR4F/3kCyPQ5SiTLw/AihF6pE0nbGSSvs7SB7q0nMbg== X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:FfvxlSAeGbwF1BPno+Nbe18Pp7Y= User-Agent: tin/2.1.1-20120623 ("Mulindry") (UNIX) (Linux/3.8.6works (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:76 W. eWatson wrote: > On 9/1/2013 4:08 PM, Arno wrote: >> W. eWatson 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 >> >> >> >> > It's been going on for quite some time. I've been using Meinberg time > software to keep it in check, but it eventually succumbs to moving the > time may minutes, usually about 30. I'm using XP. I assume Meinberg is an NTP client. NTP typically refuses to adjust for more than 30 minutes. Look into the options, there are two things you can try: a) allow it to adjust more than 30 Minutes or so b) allow it to adjust the hardware clock (if it is not doing that) Maybe you just have normal clock-skew which accumulates. Arno