Re: cmos battery

Need to get some better tools then man. Time to upgrade, still be cheaper than paying someone else to fart with it. :D -mb On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 5:52 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > The only thing I need them to do is loosen the screw s holding the

Re: cmos battery

The only thing I need them to do is loosen the screw s holding the board down. My little screwdriver doesn’t provide enough leverage. On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 7:26 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Don't take it somewhere, what sort of self-respecting

Re: cmos battery

Don't take it somewhere, what sort of self-respecting geek are you? They'll probably know less than you do and screw it up. Doesn't look hard, order a new battery and watch this. https://youtu.be/GOtEPymBLBI Get yourself a phone repair kit ala ifixit

Re: Reliable ISP?

Wow, _thank you_ for that, Michael! You are correct, it's cable. Cox. Modem is Arris SB6183. I wrote a BASH script to log the outages by pinging 8.8.8.8 once per minute. That shows all the outages, but other than that doesn't seem to be of any help with troubleshooting. Your suggestion to look

Re: Reliable ISP?

Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 14 Nov 2021 11:21:25 -0700 >Any recommendations for a reliable ISP? > >(Couldn't find any recent discussion in the PLUG archives, so am asking >here.) > >I currently have a business account (I'm running a small server on a >static public IP address for my

Re: Reliable ISP?

It would help to start with who and what service you have today, as well as where you are roughly currently. Some parts of town are ancient and just get the booty end of the stick, but mostly everywhere around phoenix is decently serviced. Fringes, it's more selective and variable. -mb On

Re: cmos battery

Michael via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:47:09 -0500 >When it begins to die does the clock not keep accurate time? > >-- >:-)~MIKE~(-: https://lmgtfy.app/?q=computer+cmos+battery Be sure to skip the ads. Seriously, Mike, if you have the slightest suspicion that your CMOS battery

Reliable ISP?

Any recommendations for a reliable ISP? (Couldn't find any recent discussion in the PLUG archives, so am asking here.) I currently have a business account (I'm running a small server on a static public IP address for my business), but am having a *terrible* time with my current ISP. Worked

Re: cmos battery

The clock will continue to keep time, it will just lose the current set time if the computer is turned off.  You might not even notice the battery is dead if you are running NTP to set the time since that till set the clock to the current time every time you boot. Brian Cluff On 11/14/21

cmos battery

When it begins to die does the clock not keep accurate time? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: