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Old 04-26-2005, 08:02 AM   #1
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Server time

I have a Dell Poweredge server that previously kept accurate time but suddenly loses 6-8 minutes each day.

I hope this doesn't foretell something bad happening to the server...any opinions as to what might be the cause?

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Old 04-26-2005, 01:44 PM   #2
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Maybe your BIOS battery is going bad? It's the battery on your motherboard that looks like a watch battery. Round and flat and about the size of a quarter. Just shutdown the machine, pop it out and replace it. Cheap and easy to fix, assuming thats' your problem.

You can also run a time sync from your cron.daily.

rdate somehost.domain.com

Replace "host.domain.com" with one of the "hostnames" from this list...

http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/...TwoTimeServers
 
  


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