[colug-432] Knoppix: Time Zone

[Thomas Cranston]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Rick Hornsby <richardjhornsby at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Feb 4, 2013, at 18:48, Thomas Cranston <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com>
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> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:34 PM, <jep200404 at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
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>> I finally had a look at the bios. Knoppix was reading that time. I don't
>> know if I ever set the bios time. It may have never been set, or it might
>> be slipping due to old CMOS Battery. If that's the case, I will just let it
>> slip until I get some really bad behaviour. Changing the CMOS battery
>> entails a complete teardown, including removal of the mobo. I might
>> consider cutting hole thru the backside to change the battery. Cover it
>> w/duck tape.
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> If I have to remove the mobo, I wlll definitely cut a hole for access to
> the battery next time.
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> A complete tear down to change a battery every 6-10 years or so seems
> quite reasonable.  It gives you a chance to clean years of dust off
> everything.
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> Your stuff, so drilling a hole is your call.  Just seems like overkill.
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> Because I don't have a server room with a raised floor and all that, I try
> to do a tear down and clean of my desktop tower every couple of years.
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> Tearing down a tower is one thing. Tearing down a laptop is another.
Fortunately the Inspiron I have is not as bad as the new slimline laptops.
They are extremely fragile and difficult to work on.

Tom
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