Re: 164sx and clock weirdness?

Aleksandr Pilosov (apilos01@utopia.poly.edu)
Fri, 6 Mar 1998 18:44:27 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Jason Duerstock wrote:

> I just got a 164sx recently, and I've noticed some real weirdness with the
> clock. It seems the computer clock gains two seconds for every real
> second that passes. This happens under NT or linux 2.1.89. Sometimes
> when I cold boot into 2.0.30, it goes at the normal speed, but then
> something comes along and makes it run at double speed again.
>
> Has anyone else seen anything like this? Is my board hosed? Any help
> would be appreciated.

Ayup. My box had[has?] same problem, it happened about once a week and
lasted for 1-2 days. Real freaky. I've got a replacement motherboard from
my vendor(polywell), put it in 2 days ago...I'll know if it fixed the
problem in a week or two, I guess.

just my 2cents worth.
=Alex