Nope it's common to all Winbond equipped motherboards.
Read the timer.h and timer.c kernel files (which is where I originally found all of this) for more info on the problem. If your motherboard does not have the Winbond timer chip you are fine. -JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of shadowbuilder |Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:13 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH | | |I haven't come across this bug before, was it just in the |early revisions or has it been sorted? I use my PC to |dual-boot with Win98se (for the games)and Mandrake8.1 and i |haven't experienced any problem with the time at all within |either OS. I am glad to hear that Linux tries to work round it though |:) | |Wayne | |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert MacLean |Sent: 23 October 2001 15:24 |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH | | |how do i turn it off? | |___________________________________________ |Robert MacLean |----- Original Message ----- |From: "Jose M. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:41 PM |Subject: RE: [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH | | |> Both the VIA and ALiMagiK boards utilize Winbond chips. |> |> There is nothing wrong with these boards, but there is a -BIG- bug |with |> the Winbond clock/timer chips. |> |> These Winbond chips are what keeps the real time clock going during |> power offs, etc. |> |> It seems that the Winbond clocks will randomly change their |reference |> tick rate, as if they had a bad crystal reference. |> |> As a result they will pick up or loose speed. |> |> Fortunately Linux tries to work around this and set things right |(BTW: |> Windows does not and you'll gain or loose 15 minutes a day or MORE |as a |> result!), but you'll start to see a slew of messages about this in |the |> kernel logs. |> |> You might want to turn this off, and/or not use these boards if you |are |> performing anything which is time intensive. |> |> Linux uses an IRQ drive clock to keep it's own separate system clock |and |> then writes out it's time to the CMOS/hardware clock upon power |down. |> This is not foolproof though, and you should really set your machine |to |> a time reference in the Control Panel, so that Linux will adjust |itself |> several times a day. |> |> -JMS |> |> |> |-----Original Message----- |> |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robert |MacLean |> |Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:33 AM |> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |Subject: [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH |> | |> | |> |Does any here use the GA-7ZXH motherboard with M8 or M8.1? |> |I want to buy it but I just want to see if it will work first. I |> |checked mandrakes hardware list and they had the GA-7ZXR (raid |> |version), so I think it will, but I just want to check |first. It uses |> |the VIA KT133A chipset. thanx |> | |> |___________________________________________ |> |Robert MacLean |> | |> | |> | |> | |> |> |> | | | | |
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