[G4] G4 Reverts to Dec 1969

FERENCZY srf7425 at osfmail.isc.rit.edu
Mon Oct 6 09:45:53 PDT 2003


did you replace the battery or just test it? i have had batteries test
okay that dont actually work well when installed. also, try resetting the
PMU (i forget where the button is located... somewhere on teh
motherboard..)

sandor

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Richard Kriss wrote:

> When I unplug this G4 from the AC power due to lightning,  the OSX clock
> seems to revert to December 1969.  Anyone know why the G4 drop the time
> setting when the plug is pulled?  The battery is has been checked and it is
> okay
> 
> Dick
> 
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