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Clock goes to 1970 on 10.1.4
Name: Izzy Date: August 8, 2002 at 10:26:08 Pacific
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Every time i turn my computer off the clock goes back to 1970. I looked on apple.com and it says to upgrade to 10.1.3, but i'm already on 10.1.4! Help!
Name: fieraci Date: August 8, 2002 at 11:10:16 Pacific
Reply:
How about some more relevant info? You don't tell, so I won't ask.
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Response Number 2
Name: the pickle Date: August 8, 2002 at 11:41:20 Pacific
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Like what Mac, why you're on 10.1.4 and not 10.1.5, what happens when you run Software Update, etc...
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Response Number 3
Name: Stevo Date: August 8, 2002 at 12:05:10 Pacific
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I had the same roblem with my ibook, you need to replace the clock battery in your PC. Apple did it for me, cos my ibook is still under warrenty
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Response Number 4
Name: the pickle Date: August 8, 2002 at 13:38:15 Pacific
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Doubtful the battery has gone bad if it's a desktop.
Marginally more likely in a laptop, but still very rare.
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Response Number 5
Name: monkeyboy Date: August 8, 2002 at 13:59:51 Pacific
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Some models, specifically the performa 6400, had an alkilne(sp?) instead of a lithium battery and they go bad in 5 years or less. Of course, osX won't run on one of those. Dead batteries are more common than you might think. As far as laptops go, if I completely kill my battery, my clock has reset, and after I charge up again, it's fine.
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Response Number 6
Name: the pickle Date: August 9, 2002 at 08:40:28 Pacific
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Actually, if they stay plugged in, those models' batteries last forever too.
But it's VERY unlikely the battery on any OS X machine has already gone dead, and the OP still hasn't said what Mac it is, so we're sort of stuck.
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Response Number 7
Name: monkeyboy Date: August 11, 2002 at 14:21:09 Pacific
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pickle, you must have missed stevo's post. maybe apple service mis-diagnosed their own equipment. maybe we and they should hire you for our hardware support. we would save some money on batteries.
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Response Number 8
Name: the pickle Date: August 11, 2002 at 15:21:02 Pacific
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I saw it.
Just like getting hit by lightning, it *happens*. I just said it doesn't happen *much.*
You clearly didn't understand that.
And as I also said, without the OP telling us what Mac it is (why is it that people post one message on here and then never come back for the answer, anyway?), nobody can give a good answer.
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Response Number 9
Name: monkeyboy Date: August 12, 2002 at 10:18:55 Pacific
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i think they probably find their answer elsewhere and don't think to follow up. i get the same here. i field support calls and by the time i get through my backlog, half of them don't have a problem anymore.
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Response Number 10
Name: Mikel Date: August 21, 2002 at 14:48:04 Pacific
Reply:
Replace the PRAM battery has gone bad get it replaced.
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