Subject: Re: Machine thinks it's 1934 - anyone know a good course of action?
To: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
From: David A. Gatwood <dgatwood@gatwood.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/11/2002 09:22:26
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 09:12:37AM -0400, David W. Rankin Jr. wrote:
> > I've got a 7500 (1.5.2 userland, 1.5.3 kernel) that thinks today is Sat
> > Jun 23 1934.
> 
> Replace your clock battery. (This is the hardware clock that's
> broken, not the OS one.) You can get the right part at any decent
> computer store or even RadioShack, really. (Should be a A battery,
> but don't quote me on that; just shut the machine down, pop out
> what's there, and take it with you.)

3.4v 1/2 AA, IIRC.  Three-point-something, anyway.  :-)


Later,
David

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