[Olpc-za] Fix clock problem

[Henk Boshoff]

On 2010/11/28 07:11 PM, Evert Groenewald wrote:
> "RTC chip lost
> power"http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_clock  problem. I've tried without
> much success to fix the problem.

Hi Evert,

By the sounds of it your Real Time Clock (RTC) chip does not work. (It 
is the chip that keeps time and some bios data for the computer, even 
when swithced off) My most obvious thought would be that the RTC clock 
battery needs replacement. I'm not 100% sure about architecture, and 
whether a dead battery would halt operation (Usually it wouldn't), but 
the battery is about the size of a R2 coin on the main board.

Where are you based? Maybe you could pop in so that I can check your 
serial cable for you.


Regards
Henk Boshoff.



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