"root" wrote in message
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The damned thing loses about 20 minutes/day and has
so since the machine was new about 3 years ago.

My guess is that it isn't fixable, but maybe you
have some ideas.

TIA.

Dunno what's causing it, but just put free utility "D4" on the machine, and
set it to correct the time every 5 minutes.

http://download.cnet.com/Dimension-4...-10039998.html

That way, it'll stay close enough all day. One of my workshop machines loses
a coupla minutes a day. D4 runs in the background all the time, and keeps it
right. Needs a connection to the 'net of course, but at least it will put
the time right automatically as soon as you go online, if you don't have a
permanent connection.

Arfa