Is that normal? I've ever had that happen after an outage before.
We had a power outage this AM and, afterward, the date on my Quicksilver was set to 12/31/69.
This probably means the PRAM battery inside the Quicksilver is dead.
The battery keeps the clock and certain system settings alive when the power is off. It's a 3.6v, 1/2AA lithium battery; they cost around $10 at Radio Shack.
All the warning lights on my printer were also going off though that stopped after I turned it off and then on again.
My Epson printer sometimes does that when the power flickers.
Madwen madwen@redacted.invalid writes:
We had a power outage this AM and, afterward, the date on my Quicksilver was set to 12/31/69. All the warning lights on my printer were also going off though that stopped after I turned it off and then on again.
Is that normal? I've ever had that happen after an outage before.
Strange things happen during unsequenced shutdowns. Although the date may indicate a dying battery, I'd assume that the odd date was a part of the unsequenced shutdown and that the printer lights were, too -- especially since the lights cleared up after you did a sequenced shutdown of the printer (by turning it off).
Phil Stripling phil_stripling@redacted.invalid wrote:
Madwen madwen@redacted.invalid writes:
We had a power outage this AM and, afterward, the date on my Quicksilver was set to 12/31/69. All the warning lights on my printer were also going off though that stopped after I turned it off and then on again. Is that normal? I've ever had that happen after an outage before.
Strange things happen during unsequenced shutdowns. Although the date may indicate a dying battery, I'd assume that the odd date was a part of the unsequenced shutdown and that the printer lights were, too -- especially since the lights cleared up after you did a sequenced shutdown of the printer (by turning it off). Same thing happened to my Quicksilver. I reset the date and everything has been fine since, even after switching it off for 24 hours.
In article 1gadjbs.m0n6ni1okvqagN%emyr@redacted.invalid, emyr@redacted.invalid (Emyr Rhys Williams) wrote:
Phil Stripling phil_stripling@redacted.invalid wrote:
Madwen madwen@redacted.invalid writes:
We had a power outage this AM and, afterward, the date on my Quicksilver was set to 12/31/69. All the warning lights on my printer were also going off though that stopped after I turned it off and then on again. Is that normal? I've ever had that happen after an outage before.
Strange things happen during unsequenced shutdowns. Although the date may indicate a dying battery, I'd assume that the odd date was a part of the unsequenced shutdown and that the printer lights were, too -- especially since the lights cleared up after you did a sequenced shutdown of the printer (by turning it off). Same thing happened to my Quicksilver. I reset the date and everything has been fine since, even after switching it off for 24 hours.
And, indeed, the clock has been fine since (even with the freezes I was getting from the 10.3.3. installation--- now corrected too). Thanks to you, Phil and Tacit for responding.
Madeleine