[iBook] iBook G4 date/time issue

[Samantha Cornell]

Thanks for the info, it has made me feel much better.

On Aug 28, 2005, at 3:46 AM, Clark Martin wrote:

> At 12:46 AM -0400 8/28/05, Samantha Cornell wrote:
>
>> Recently, I have noticed that the date on my iBook (G4 1.2 GHz,  
>> running 10.4.2) has reset, a number of times to 1969.  Is this  
>> indicative of a larger problem, or is it simply the result of the  
>> battery running down too far?  Has anyone else experienced this.
>>
>> In a quite possibly unrelated incident, my latest power-on  
>> resulted in an odd tone, a few notes higher than the typical start  
>> up chime, which did eventually occur.  This is a new one to me.   
>> Any ideas?
>> What on earth did it mean?
>>
>
> If the battery goes down really low, yes you can lose the date and  
> time.  These models have a super cap rather than a PRAM battery.  
> This means they can't operate the PRAM / Clock or keep up the  
> memory in sleep very long.  It is intended to provide power only  
> while changing the battery.  But they have a much longer component  
> life than a battery.
>
> Not sure about the higher chime.
>
> I'd reset the clock and not worry about it.  If it happens again  
> after the deep battery discharge that would confirm  the theory.
> -- 
> Clark Martin
> Redwood City, CA, USA
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