<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFILcoGfpRzWFIV0XMRAhRcAJ94n89BlVnXPwKENcN55xzsPrbwOACbBk2n xXQ5BrzyunLjBYK9cqNx/Yw= =KoFl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- </body> </html>