386's clock/calendar stops when system is off

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From: John Wright/Dr. Pat Lane
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 12:07

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Hi.  Have a little problem with a 386 system; perhaps someone can suggest
what's going on here.  Basically, the clock/calendar seems to stop counting
whenever the machine is turned off so that wheever you turn the thing on,
it thinks it's the same time as it was when you turned it off.  While the
machine is running, it seems to keep time OK incl. accross re-boots.

The SETUP configuration data in CMOS seems to be preserved OK.  At one point
it wasn't and we got messages warning us that the battery was low (in a 
very new machine!).  We got a new battery and that seemed to cure the CMOS
problems but not the clock/calendar.  Any suggestions?

Replies by mail would be appreciated as I rarely have time to read news
anymore (very :-(ly).

Thanks
JW.

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