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

[Vu Pham]

On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 11:21 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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

I have not checked that. It happens on two different systems when
booting from the same hdd and also because of the above test I think
possibility that the problem is on the drive is higher than on the two
boards, although the later is not impossible.

I am going to being another working drive home to check this tonight.

I just hate that whenever I have some new hardware, I have problems. :(

Vu