Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Subject: Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Date: 11 Jan 2014 12:52:14 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <52d06857$0$17108$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net YGDAMbOOZRfxZGtGsv1HugMH6tl4K2WOpIHcDNfVEi4vlWag== X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:wbHCK5aiQHVYeXEGYCUllQRjZ7w= User-Agent: tin/2.1.1-20120623 ("Mulindry") (UNIX) (Linux/3.10.22works (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:2192 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:5241 In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ant wrote: > On 1/10/2014 1:38 PM PT, John Dulak typed: >> CMOS battery failing, Power supply failing, Stray cosmic ray? > I didn't get any messages about low CMOS battery during the boot ups. > 600 watts SeaSonic S12 PSU could be it since I had it since 2005/2006. > It and my PC still work? How can I check to see if it was from it? Stray > cosmic ray? Wouldn't that affect my other machines and electronics too? :P Not all computers warn you and some do not even have a sensor for it (some Lenovo Laptops from the last 3-5 years, e.g.). I guess they expect the thing not to be in use logn enough for the battery to die. The clock being wrong is a dead giveaway for a dying battery though. It is usually a CR2032 litium battery these days. Arno