"Hal Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>I have an nForce 4 board here, and it has a "spread specturm" option in >>the BIOS. I believe this option "fuzzes" the processor clock by a few >>percent in either direction, in order to avoid outputting lots of RF >>noise on a single frequency. This option was on by defualt on my board. >>You might want to make sure it is disabled, as it could certainly cause >>ntpd to do Bad Things. > > It's a common trick in modern PCs. I doubt if it causes any troubles. > > Note that the clock only gets stretched. If you shrink it you violate > timings. It's pretty easy to measure. Just compare the cycle counter > with the clock and notice that your clock is running a bit slower than > expected. > > -- > The suespammers.org mail server is located in California. So are all my > other mailboxes. Please do not send unsolicited bulk e-mail or > unsolicited > commercial e-mail to my suespammers.org address or any of my other > addresses. > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > Hi,
thanks for the tip, this was something I checked early on when setting up NTP on that machine. As you say, BIOSs often seem to have Spread Spectrum enabled by default. Robert Jenkins. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
