Date & time incorrect even with new battery

Michael J. Bushey wrote on :

My system is as follows:

Machine ID: 406 Model name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics) Keyboard type: Apple USB Keyboard Grappler SCSI PCI cards in slots: Processor info: PowerPC G4 Machine speed: 400 MHz Ram 256 mb System 9.2.2

I just changed my pram battery because date and time won't stay set. This is now happening even with the new battery (24 hours old). Polarity of new battery is correct.

What does this mean?

cvblr replied on :

From: mbushey@redacted.invalid (Michael J. Bushey) Organization: TDS.NET Internet Services www.tds.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 20:20:25 GMT Subject: Date & time incorrect even with new battery

My system is as follows:

Machine ID: 406 Model name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics) Keyboard type: Apple USB Keyboard Grappler SCSI PCI cards in slots: Processor info: PowerPC G4 Machine speed: 400 MHz Ram 256 mb System 9.2.2

I just changed my pram battery because date and time won't stay set. This is now happening even with the new battery (24 hours old). Polarity of new battery is correct.

What does this mean?

One possibility: Maybe the new battery isn't that new (like maybe it sat in the store past its expiration date). Other possibilities that might match your situation:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pram+battery&start=10&hl=en&rnum=12&selm=3 373B918.27B7%40swbell.net

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pram+battery&hl=en&rnum=9&selm=36799A92.4E 14%40kuentos.guam.net

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pram+battery&start=20&hl=en&rnum=26&selm=3 ADA2C1F.563F78CA%40aol.com