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From: grege@gold.gvg.tek.com (Greg Ebert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Strange problem w/ System Clock
Message-ID: <1814@gold.gvg.tek.com>
Date: 19 Dec 90 18:49:14 GMT
References: <1990Dec19.040938.8110@bony1.uucp>
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In article <1990Dec19.040938.8110@bony1.uucp> stevef@bony1.UUCP (Steve Faiwiszewski) writes:
>I have a strange problem with my NEC Powermate SX+ (a 386SX) machine.
>Some time ago the system clock began to halt whenever the computer was
>powered off.  

Check your battery. It's quite possible that there isn't enough "OOMPH"
to run the CMOS oscillator, but enough to retain CMOS RAM. This could go
on for a l-o-n-g time because once the oscillator shuts off, the current
from the battery drops to nil (Only CMOS leakage current). When the
system is powered-on, the automatic power-switchover circuit will drive
the oscillator with a healthy 5 volts and get it ticking.

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