Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:06:38 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: A.Flavell@physics.gla.ac.uk Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RTC BIOS diagnostic error 17 Message-ID: <36A5F0FE.50361C50@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9901201358370.2250-100000@a5.ph.gla.ac.uk>
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"Alan J. Flavell" wrote:
>
> Although my newly built freeBSD system (on an elderly 486 PC) seems to
> be performing in accordance with expectations, I'm still noticing this
> oddity at every startup:
>
> RTC BIOS diagnostic error 17<memory_size,invalid_time>
>
> I hadn't found anything definite about this in FAQs or mail archives,
> but there was some indication it might point to a dead motherboard
> battery. Which would have been at least plausible, as the PC in
> question was quite old (but in DOS its real time clock looked OK).
> Anyhow, I tried replacing the motherboard battery, but it hasn't made
> any difference.
>
> Is this a matter that I should be concerned about, or not?
>
I'm inclined to think not. I get an "error" worded something like
"Basemem (xxxxxx) != BIOS RTC mem (yyyyyyy); using BIOS value"
where "xxxxxx" and "yyyyyy" are numbers of bytes, both figures being
around 64MB, which is the memory I have installed.
I'm not at home right now so I can't get the exact wording, but I have
had it with all versions of FreeBSD, 2.2.[578], that I've run on this
PC.
The message I get is coming from FreeBSD, the wording of yours sounds
like it's a BIOS message.
I've got a Gigabyte GA-586TX m/b, K6-233, 64MB, Award 4.51PGM BIOS.
The message seems harmless.
> thanks.
>
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