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From: res@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert E. Stampfli)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Unix Pc Date/time
Keywords: UNIX-PC, Date/Time, Battery
Message-ID: <10785@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 30 Oct 89 21:45:12 GMT
References: <1688@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: res@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert E. Stampfli,55216,cb,1C315,6148604268)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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>>I need some help.  My 7300 recently quit keeping date and time.
>>That is, when I do a shutdown and bring it back up again it's 
>>Jan 1, 12:01 all over again.  Is this related to any program
>>malfunction or just a dead battery?  If it's the battery, how do 
>> I change it?  I'm using 3.51.
>
>It's the battery.  (I'm sure Lenny, Gil, Thad or someone else who's
>archived the instructions can E-mail them to you.)

I am not so sure.  I have a 7300 which has had a dead battery since the day
it arrived.  It has never lost its clock on a shutdown and reboot unless the
power was removed for more than a few seconds.  Maybe the original poster did
not make himself clear, but I took the posting to imply that the power was
not necessarily interrrupted.  If this is true, it could indicate a defective
clock calendar chip.  I would suggest running the diagnostic disk part that
specifically checks this component.

BTW, thanks for the info on commenting out the "date -" entry.  I will have
to give that a try.  (Actually, I have a replacement lithium cell, but just
have not had any better reason to remove the motherboard and work on it.  I
view the lack of a battery backed-up clock is an annoyance, but a minor one.)

-- 
Rob Stampfli
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