That is what I was thinking.  I changed the BIOS recently, and perhaps
there is some incompatibility with the hardware.  The other possibility
is that the battery is dying.

I will look into this ntp.

Thanks for your help.

Jim

"Perry E. Metzger" wrote:
> 
> James Tuman Nelson <jimtnelson@earthlink.net> writes:
> > While we are on the subject of system clock, would anyone know why my
> > system clock would fail to keep accurate time within hours?  The time
> > seems to slip by several minutes or hours over the course of a day, but
> > not while I am checking over the course of several minutes.  It seems to
> > go to sleep for some time, or suspend time keeping.  Has anyone had
> > this problem?
> 
> It probably isn't "going to sleep". Your system depends on the timers
> constantly running, and if they somehow "stopped" I doubt the machine
> would function. Since there isn't a widespread bug report on such a
> thing, it is probably just an inaccurate clock. I'd try running ntp or
> something to keep it in line.
> 
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> Perry E. Metzger                perry@piermont.com
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