[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Real-time clock messing up

dmm0t@hudson.acc.Virginia.EDU (David M. Meyer) (07/01/90)

I have an AT&T 6300 WGS, and the real-time clock is not behaving.
Apparently, one bit will occasionally reset, causing 11:00pm
(i.e. 2300 hours) to be reset to 11:00am (i.e. 1100 hours).  This will
happen a couple of times a day, so that I have to be continually
reseting the clock, otherwise I start losing days.  My
questions are:  1) could this be caused by a failing battery?
and 2) if not, what could be the problem, and is there a cheap/easy
way to check?

BTW, the machine is only 2 years old, so the battery shouldn't be 
failing yet, but you never know.

Please e-mail or post, whichever you think fit.  Thanks.

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David M. Meyer                                       dmm0t@virginia.edu
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia                            (804) 924-7926