Re: 164sx and clock weirdness?

[Aleksandr Pilosov <apilos01 utopia poly edu>]

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Jason Duerstock wrote:

> I just got a 164sx recently, and I've noticed some real weirdness with the
> clock.  It seems the computer clock gains two seconds for every real
> second that passes.  This happens under NT or linux 2.1.89.  Sometimes
> when I cold boot into 2.0.30, it goes at the normal speed, but then
> something comes along and makes it run at double speed again.
> 
> Has anyone else seen anything like this?  Is my board hosed?  Any help
> would be appreciated.

Ayup. My box had[has?] same problem, it happened about once a week and
lasted for 1-2 days. Real freaky. I've got a replacement motherboard from
my vendor(polywell), put it in 2 days ago...I'll know if it fixed the
problem in a week or two, I guess.

just my 2cents worth.
=Alex