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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