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Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS?

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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 2014-01-13 05:23 +1100
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote 
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote 
 
>>> The time was wrong before I did the reboot. My PC is on 24/7. 
>>> So, that is still caused by a dead/weak battery?

>> Yes, that normally happens before you see cmos values lost.
 
> Hmm. I remember it said 2 or something PM PST. I was using PC until 
> 10:32 PM PST. If my computer's CMOS went bust, then it should have 
> happened after 3:17 AM PST. Or maybe my BitchX's time got jacked off too 
> from the crash and CMOS's boot drive order mess up.

That's a very different thing. If the time/date gets lost due to a 
dead/weak cmos battery, the DATE gets lost as well as the time. 

And that only happens with a cold start too, because that 
is the only point at which the cmos time/date is used.

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Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 11:23 -0800
  Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 13:58 -0600
    Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 12:17 -0800
      Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 14:37 -0600
        Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 12:54 -0800
          Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 15:20 -0600
            Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 14:01 -0800
              Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 18:52 -0600
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 17:43 -0800
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-10 19:59 -0600
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 01:24 -0800
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-11 08:18 -0600
  Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? John Dulak <Johnd@Booogus.com> - 2014-01-10 16:38 -0500
    Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-10 13:59 -0800
      Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-01-11 15:09 +1100
        Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 01:21 -0800
      Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2014-01-11 12:52 +0000
        Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 08:07 -0800
          Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-01-12 05:26 +1100
            Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 13:50 -0800
              Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-01-13 05:23 +1100
                Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-12 10:56 -0800
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            Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-13 00:50 -0800
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    Re: Did something on my old Debian/Linux stable box crash and mess up my CMOS? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-01-11 08:08 -0800

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