Re: [NTLK] Newton not Keeping Time

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Jul 09 2002 - 18:15:17 EDT


On 09/07/02 16:11, "Geof Abruzzi" <abruzzi_at_cyberiad.org> wrote:

>
> Great, does this mean that my Newton is junk? I just got it from GEM,
> and it seems to work great otherwise. I've tried it plugged in and not,
> it still seems to lose time. I've got a flashcard on the way, so once I
> can back up, I'll try a hard reset. Hmmm...
>
> Geof
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 12:30 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>
>>
>> on 09/07/02 02:27, Johannes Wolf at mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.nl wrote:
>>
>>> It sounds like a hardware error - that the RTC oscillator does not run
>>> at a
>>> proper speed.
>>> Your batteries are fine?
>>> Did you try to leave the Newt with the ac wall adaptor (let say over
>>> night)?
>>>
>>> Johannes
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
>>>> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Geof Abruzzi
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:57 PM
>>>> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>>>> Subject: [NTLK] Newton not Keeping Time
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just got a newton (2000, upgraded to 2100) that seems to work great,
>>>> with one small flaw: It's clock seems to run slow. After about a
>>>> day,
>>>> it is already several hours behind. I can't hard reset it, because I
>>>> don't yet have any way to back it up. Is this a known problem? Is it
>>>> software or hardware?
>>
>> I did experience something similar once when I got back my Newton from
>> Apple. Apparently, they said, some kind of calibration hasn't been done
>> properly.
>>

Sorry, but yes, I think it might not be very useful. Did you try to do a
hard reset? That would clear the possibility that the error is
software-based.

-Laurent.

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