time problems

[Apatewna]

O/H Garrett Cooper έγραψε:
> Some vendors are lame too and ship motherboards with dead batteries (or 
> the voltage in them dissipates over time because of parasitic impedances 
> in the area).
> -Garrett

As a field service tech, I am advising all people on the list that there 
is a high probability for 2-3 year old desktop machines to have a CMOS 
battery failure.

I started getting service calls on P4-2Gigs and above just a month ago 
and also my AthlonXP 2600+ machine (motherboard bought in end of 2004) 
had a battery failure. At one instance I had to replace a battery on a 
P4-3G that had been put out of operation for a month (totally unplugged 
from mains power).

Also, stop stocking CR2032 batteries from broken motherboards, they are 
either already failed or nearly at end of life. Always use new spares.

-- 
RTFM and STFW before anything bad happens
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Thanasis Rizoulis
Electronic Computing Systems Engineer
Larissa, Greece
FreeBSD/PCBSD user