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Rashkae wrote:
> Rashkae wrote:
>
>> Thanks all for the suggestion.. Unfortunately, after a grueling surgery
>> to replace my power supply, there is no change.  The system clocks still
>> looses about 5 seconds per hour (note that the CMOS clock remains on the
>> right time, which can be verified with hwclock -r)
>>
>> Both power supply (the old and the new) check out ok in the BIOS and on
>> a power supply tester.
>>
>
> Oops, it looks as though opening the Gnome Adjust Time and Date Dialog
> by itself will delay the clock by a second, which is why I still seemed
> to be loosing time.  (Schroedinger's cat anyone?).  Since having
> replaced my power supply, my clock no longer looses time on it's own
> overnight, (and a hard drive that was always doing some kind of re-sync
> grind, which I used to assume was thermal calibration, is no longer
> making those strange noises.)
>
> Thank you Albert and David for your perfect diagnosis on limited
> information :)
>

glad to help!

- -d



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