Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 01:55:03 +1030 From: Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid time in real time clock Message-ID: <1391700303.2036.32.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> In-Reply-To: <lclnst$1fu$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <lcj2jj$2bu$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <lcjpn2$1a07$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <lclnst$1fu$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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On Sun, 2014-02-02 at 15:23 +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote: > > > > atrtc0: WARNING: Battery failure indication > > > Invalid time in real time clock. > > > Check and reset the date immediately! > > > > > > Incongruously, the RTC time is actually correct. Well, off by a > > > minute or so. Clearly the new battery is good. > > > > Turns out I misunderstood this. I thought the system time was still > > set from the RTC despite the warning. It isn't. > > Still, booting into the BIOS shows that the RTC keeps up, so it > shouldn't be a battery problem. I cleared the RTC memory, set the > date and time in the BIOS again, but I still get the warning and > FreeBSD ignores the RTC. It looks like the RTCSD_PWR bit is stuck > and there is no way to reset it. Hi Christian, When you say "the RTC keeps up" do you mean that the RTC keeps time when mains power is removed - i.e. power cord unplugged for a "reasonable" length of time? If the RTC doesn't "survive" complete removal of power then you may want to double-check the CMOS jumper and battery. Wayne
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