[G4] G4 Reverts to Dec 1969

[sr ferenczy]

if the battery doesnt solve the problem, reset the PMU (power 
management unit)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=95035

the link shows where it is on the gigabit enet boards, not sure which 
G4 you have....

sandor


On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 09:07  AM, Richard Kriss wrote:

> For those that responded I purchased a new battery from Fry's about six
> months ago and the voltage still looks good - when removed from the 
> Mac.
> Fry's could have sold a bad battery so I will try to find a fresh one 
> at
> Radio Shack.
>
> Regarding Robert's comment I do NOT run NTS all the time due to a 
> major bug
> in Mac OSX that does not alert the user when the dialup connection is
> disconnected.  The NTS cannot deal with disconnects and get it brains
> scrambled and caused all kinds of problems with Entourage etc. When I 
> notice
> the time has reverted to Dec 1969 and know I am connected, I use the 
> NTS to
> set the OSX clock.
>
> I don't understand how pulling the plug effects the time.  All other 
> prams
> seem to hold up
>
> dick
>
>> From: "Robert A. Rosenberg" <hal9001 at panix.com>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] G4 Reverts to Dec 1969
>>
>> Ignoring the battery issue, you also (apparently) do not have "Use
>> Network Time Server" activated or it would be correcting the bad
>> clock at boot time
>
>
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