System clock lose
System clock lose
Hi, everyone.
I use Windows XP Pro SP3 on fit-PC2.
System clock usually lose correct time.
Slowing of clocks about 10 sec per 1 min.
Second hand of sytem clock sometimes
stopped 2 or 3 sec on same position.
Please advice me about this problem. Thank you.
I use Windows XP Pro SP3 on fit-PC2.
System clock usually lose correct time.
Slowing of clocks about 10 sec per 1 min.
Second hand of sytem clock sometimes
stopped 2 or 3 sec on same position.
Please advice me about this problem. Thank you.
Re: System clock lose
Check clock in CMOS without starting Windows to tell if it's a HW or SW issue.
Re: System clock lose
I'm having a similar issue.. after my fit-pc2 is up for about a week i've noticed the clock can be 20-30mins off.. I'll probably just find a way to sync the clock more often.
Re: System clock lose
Yup, this is happening to me too... this is obviously a common issue. My system clock has lost nearly 50 minutes overnight!
Any idea why this would be happening?
Any idea why this would be happening?
Re: System clock lose
Hi everyone,
I've got the same problem on my pre-installed Ubuntu. I'm running ntpd which I thought should help adjusting any differences. But after a couple of hours after restart the drift is huge:
This is a real problem because it affects SSH sessions etc. Does anyone know what to do?
Thanks,
Jacob
I've got the same problem on my pre-installed Ubuntu. I'm running ntpd which I thought should help adjusting any differences. But after a couple of hours after restart the drift is huge:
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$ ntpq -nc peers
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
194.132.80.5 192.36.144.23 2 u 18 64 377 6.127 464874. 3453.31
217.198.72.132 192.36.144.22 2 u 34 64 377 6.530 470486. 5235.08
83.226.240.252 192.36.133.25 2 u 64 64 377 28.907 462855. 4256.39
81.216.247.88 .PPS. 1 u 9 64 377 8.568 463847. 4289.22
Thanks,
Jacob
Re: System clock lose
Hi again,
It seems that I've solved the drift by replaceing NTPD with chrony instead. The clock been correct now for 5 days. And I am happy.
Jacob
It seems that I've solved the drift by replaceing NTPD with chrony instead. The clock been correct now for 5 days. And I am happy.
Jacob
Re: System clock lose
I could not get ntpd to work reliably (it kept stepping the clock every 10 minutes), as the machine came with an ntp 'drift' file (/var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift) already installed. Once I had stoped nptd, deleted the drift file, and restarted ntpd things settled down inside an hour.
The 'drift' value for my machine is totally different to that on the machine that generated the original drift file - did this file come with the fit-pc disc image, or was it part of the package I installed from ubuntu 8.04 LTS ?
(and shouldn't nptd be installed by default anyhow nowadays?)
Dave
The 'drift' value for my machine is totally different to that on the machine that generated the original drift file - did this file come with the fit-pc disc image, or was it part of the package I installed from ubuntu 8.04 LTS ?
(and shouldn't nptd be installed by default anyhow nowadays?)
Dave
Re: System clock lose (solved)
I am having the same problem under Windows XP.
I solved it by changing the NTP client poll interval. It is a week by default, I changed it to 1 hour.
How to do it:
Edit the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient\SpecialPollInterval
It will contain a DWORD value of 604800 seconds (one week). Change it to 3600.
Then you'll need to restart the time service. Go to "Control Panel" -> "Administrative Tools" -> "Services" -> "Windows Time" stop and restart it. Please note that it can have a different name if your language is not English. For example in Spanish is: "Horario de Windows".
As alternative, just reboot after changing the registry key.
I found the original idea here: http://dossy.org/2007/02/make-winxps-nt ... requently/
Anyway, any idea about why is happening this strange behaviour?
I solved it by changing the NTP client poll interval. It is a week by default, I changed it to 1 hour.
How to do it:
Edit the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpClient\SpecialPollInterval
It will contain a DWORD value of 604800 seconds (one week). Change it to 3600.
Then you'll need to restart the time service. Go to "Control Panel" -> "Administrative Tools" -> "Services" -> "Windows Time" stop and restart it. Please note that it can have a different name if your language is not English. For example in Spanish is: "Horario de Windows".
As alternative, just reboot after changing the registry key.
I found the original idea here: http://dossy.org/2007/02/make-winxps-nt ... requently/
Anyway, any idea about why is happening this strange behaviour?
Re: System clock lose
Same Problem here on Archlinux.
Is there any fix for this, besides using a ntp-service?
Thanks,
redada
Is there any fix for this, besides using a ntp-service?
Thanks,
redada
Re: System clock lose
I am seeing the same behavior with a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10. The clock falls behind 1-2 hours per day, but not evenly. Sometimes it will hold the right time for hours, then suddenly drop 10-20 minutes. It has never gone 24 hours without loosing sync.
Since I am trying to use this machine as a data logger, this is a huge problem for me. Sometimes when it jumps, it misses running chron jobs entirely.
I've set network time checks to be more frequent updates without much luck. Recently, I swapped out ntp for chrony, but that didn't help either.
Desperately looking for a solution...
Since I am trying to use this machine as a data logger, this is a huge problem for me. Sometimes when it jumps, it misses running chron jobs entirely.
I've set network time checks to be more frequent updates without much luck. Recently, I swapped out ntp for chrony, but that didn't help either.
Desperately looking for a solution...