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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
    From: Stockholm, Sweden
    When I remove the power cord the internal clock resets immediatly, even after such a short time as 1 second.

    I want to rule out any other reason then that the clock battery has died. Maybe that this is normal for the G5 or a MOS bug or something. Have any one else experienced this?

    And if it is a broken battery, could it be a sign of severe leakage?
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  • »09.07.13 - 17:57
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    esc
    Posts: 158 from 2013/5/28
    Same issue here.
  • »09.07.13 - 18:19
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    Jambalah
    Posts: 820 from 2008/3/30
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    I presume your battery expired (or lost alot power) since G5 has not rechargeable battery like Pmac G4.
    And no, it's not a sign of leakage. Unless it's an old barrel battery (remember Amiga batteries?)

    [ Edited by Jambalah 09.07.2013 - 20:31 ]
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  • »09.07.13 - 18:28
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Intuition
    Posts: 1110 from 2013/5/24
    From: Nederland
    Just add SetClockNTP to your network-startup.
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  • »09.07.13 - 18:41
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
    From: Stockholm, Sweden
    That makes a lot of sense! Thanks everybody for the input and suggestions :-D
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  • »09.07.13 - 19:11
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2326 from 2003/2/24
    The battery is the same type as in the G4s (atleast in my QuickSilvers), non-rechargeble, can be hat at ebay for few € / $.
  • »09.07.13 - 19:13
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    tolkien
    Posts: 523 from 2013/5/29
    Same problem here. I 'll search in ebay to change it.
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  • »09.07.13 - 20:28
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