I were warned but ... now really need your advice

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 04:48 -0500, Vu Pham wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 20:45 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> > Maybe the CMOS battery died?  How old is this mobo?
> > 
> 
> One is 9-month old, the other is 3-day old :)
> 
> I also did the following tests:
> - set the motherboard time correctly and turn it off.
> - several hours later turn it on and check the time. It is correct.
> - without turning off the power, just let it boot to the hard drive, now
> it shows the incorrect time, both the OS and the motherboard.
> 
> I think some process(es) on the motherboard change the system time.

Got any bulging caps on the motherboard?? The exploding cap problem may
still abound and you might get free motherboard. Ric