Re: [NTLK] Newton not Keeping Time

From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.nl)
Date: Tue Jul 09 2002 - 02:27:53 EDT


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

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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Geof Abruzzi
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:57 PM
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> 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?
>
> thanks,
>
> Geof
>
>
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