Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Are you disconnecting it from the power supply? Regardless of the battery - Unix will reset every time if you turn off the power at the wall and/or pull the plug.
Regards
Greg
dale wrote:
Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Yes,
Every time I turn G5 off, I turn mains power off from wall.
d
Then that would be your problem. Get a good quality surge protector - and leave the power on at the wall.
Greg
dale wrote:
Yes,
Every time I turn G5 off, I turn mains power off from wall.
d
in article 44e7f482@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 20/8/06 3:34 PM:
Are you disconnecting it from the power supply? Regardless of the battery - Unix will reset every time if you turn off the power at the wall and/or pull the plug.
Regards
Greg
dale wrote:
Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Unix might but OSX does not. The battery should keep the system time and date fine - mine certainly do e.g. we unplug all our computers from the wall for the night if there are thunderstorms coming and no problems with time/date.
One solution is to sync it with a time server (an option in the date/time preferences). This is ok if you are going online all the time. However, it would suggest its either a bad battery (test on a multimeter if you have one) or may point to a faulty motherboard in which case take it back.
Nigel
Have no idea what you are doing - but Unix will reset to it's creation date if disconnected from power. Story ends.
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e7f482@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 20/8/06 3:34 PM:
Are you disconnecting it from the power supply? Regardless of the battery - Unix will reset every time if you turn off the power at the wall and/or pull the plug.
Regards
Greg
dale wrote:
Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Unix might but OSX does not. The battery should keep the system time and date fine - mine certainly do e.g. we unplug all our computers from the wall for the night if there are thunderstorms coming and no problems with time/date.
One solution is to sync it with a time server (an option in the date/time preferences). This is ok if you are going online all the time. However, it would suggest its either a bad battery (test on a multimeter if you have one) or may point to a faulty motherboard in which case take it back.
Nigel
in article 44e9875b$1@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 21/8/06 8:13 PM:
Have no idea what you are doing - but Unix will reset to it's creation date if disconnected from power. Story ends.
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e7f482@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 20/8/06 3:34 PM:
Are you disconnecting it from the power supply? Regardless of the battery - Unix will reset every time if you turn off the power at the wall and/or pull the plug.
Regards
Greg
dale wrote:
Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Unix might but OSX does not. The battery should keep the system time and date fine - mine certainly do e.g. we unplug all our computers from the wall for the night if there are thunderstorms coming and no problems with time/date.
One solution is to sync it with a time server (an option in the date/time preferences). This is ok if you are going online all the time. However, it would suggest its either a bad battery (test on a multimeter if you have one) or may point to a faulty motherboard in which case take it back.
Nigel
HI Greg
Yes Im sure Unix does but not OSX. Try it.
Nigel
Hey Nigel - Unix resets every time - and as OSX is based on Unix, so does it. Every Time.
Greg
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e9875b$1@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 21/8/06 8:13 PM:
Have no idea what you are doing - but Unix will reset to it's creation date if disconnected from power. Story ends.
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e7f482@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 20/8/06 3:34 PM:
Are you disconnecting it from the power supply? Regardless of the battery - Unix will reset every time if you turn off the power at the wall and/or pull the plug.
Regards
Greg
dale wrote:
Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Unix might but OSX does not. The battery should keep the system time and date fine - mine certainly do e.g. we unplug all our computers from the wall for the night if there are thunderstorms coming and no problems with time/date.
One solution is to sync it with a time server (an option in the date/time preferences). This is ok if you are going online all the time. However, it would suggest its either a bad battery (test on a multimeter if you have one) or may point to a faulty motherboard in which case take it back.
Nigel
HI Greg
Yes Im sure Unix does but not OSX. Try it.
Nigel
in article 44eab3ab@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 22/8/06 5:35 PM:
Hey Nigel - Unix resets every time - and as OSX is based on Unix, so does it. Every Time.
Greg
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e9875b$1@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 21/8/06 8:13 PM:
Have no idea what you are doing - but Unix will reset to it's creation date if disconnected from power. Story ends.
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e7f482@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 20/8/06 3:34 PM:
Are you disconnecting it from the power supply? Regardless of the battery - Unix will reset every time if you turn off the power at the wall and/or pull the plug.
Regards
Greg
dale wrote:
Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Unix might but OSX does not. The battery should keep the system time and date fine - mine certainly do e.g. we unplug all our computers from the wall for the night if there are thunderstorms coming and no problems with time/date.
One solution is to sync it with a time server (an option in the date/time preferences). This is ok if you are going online all the time. However, it would suggest its either a bad battery (test on a multimeter if you have one) or may point to a faulty motherboard in which case take it back.
Nigel
HI Greg
Yes Im sure Unix does but not OSX. Try it.
Nigel
Hi Greg
Yes I know OSX is based on UNIX - its one flavour amongst many of UNIX. All Im saying is unplug your mac from the wall overnight, restart it in the morning and see what the clock says - bet you its not 1970. Have a great day. Cheers
Nigel
In article 44eab3ab@redacted.invalid, Greg nova43@redacted.invalid wrote:
Hey Nigel - Unix resets every time - and as OSX is based on Unix, so does it. Every Time.
Mine doesn't.
Greg
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e9875b$1@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 21/8/06 8:13 PM:
Have no idea what you are doing - but Unix will reset to it's creation date if disconnected from power. Story ends.
Nigel wrote:
in article 44e7f482@redacted.invalid, Greg at nova43@redacted.invalid wrote on 20/8/06 3:34 PM:
Are you disconnecting it from the power supply? Regardless of the battery - Unix will reset every time if you turn off the power at the wall and/or pull the plug.
Regards
Greg
dale wrote:
Hi,
I just replaced my G5 BATTERY with a new one as the clock keeps going back to 1970.
Now I replaced it yesterday, I shut down started the G5 up in another 12 hrs and it was 1970 again
A brand new battery, how come not holding charge?
Does anyone have this prob?
I read that something about the PMU.
Should I do that?
Thanks for any advice
D
Unix might but OSX does not. The battery should keep the system time and date fine - mine certainly do e.g. we unplug all our computers from the wall for the night if there are thunderstorms coming and no problems with time/date.
One solution is to sync it with a time server (an option in the date/time preferences). This is ok if you are going online all the time. However, it would suggest its either a bad battery (test on a multimeter if you have one) or may point to a faulty motherboard in which case take it back.
Nigel
HI Greg
Yes Im sure Unix does but not OSX. Try it.
Nigel