On 1 Mar 2006, at 1:03 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:

My computer clock reset itself to January 1970 this morning.
Might this signal something nasty going on?
IMac G4 on OSX 10.2.8
Merv


Merv ,
at a guess your iMac might be 3 years or so old.

In which case the internal " Pram " battery most likely needs replacing.
This is usually one of the first symptoms.

About $15 , and you can probably do it yourself after some reading on " how to ".

Bob