David D. Rea wrote: >On Thu, May 19, 2005 10:15 am, rob3 said: > > >>I am not certain if this is a Gentoo problem, a bios problem, a mobo >>problem, or what. I just want to know if anyone else has seen it or >>has it now. >> >>I can't keep the clock on the right time. This Dell 8600 Laptop has a >>brand new mobo in it. So it seems crazy that the battery would be dead >>already. Windoze shows the same behavior. >> >>Thanks, Rob >> >> > >Is the clock bouncing between two hour times while the minute stays more >or less correct? If so, then Gentoo is probably setting the hardware clock >to UTC (universal time, or Greenwich Mean Time) when it shuts down, and >Windoze is expecting local time on bootup... They may be messing with each >other?? > >Dave > > > I don't know. Dell support gave me a patch to the bios, so I will see in the next day or so if it is bios, or OS issue.\
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