Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:55:53 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: mexas@bris.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntp frequent time resets - battery dead? Message-ID: <20140304175553.7c392bc1@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <201403040937.s249bV9V042311@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20140304171522.2934a2b8@X220.alogt.com> <201403040937.s249bV9V042311@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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Hi, On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:37:33 -0800 (PST) Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> wrote: > >From erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com Tue Mar 4 09:29:39 2014 > > > >On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:25 -0800 (PST) > >Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> > >> The correction seems large to me. > >> Does this indicate that the battery is dead? > > > >do you reboot between? If not, it is not the battery but the quartz > >used by the clock. > > no, no reboots at all. > > Please elaborate. I don't really understand you. the battery is only used when the machine is off. So, if you do not reboot at all, the machine must be powered all the time and the battery is never used. You could run the machine with an empty battery for years. Erich
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