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Posted: **Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:40 pm**

We are researching the reports about clock lag.
Frequent internet time synchronization is reported to be an acceptable workaround in many cases.

Posted: **Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:09 am**

Hi,

any news about the clock lags?

This makes my beloved Fit-Pc2 nearly unusable...

I can't find anything in my logs, the lag just appears suddenly and increases overtime.

Thanks

redada

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Mar  2 08:37:43 server ntpd[3143]: adjusting local clock by 299.991868s
Mar  2 08:39:01 server crond[3101]: FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root PID 3259 job sys-hourly
Mar  2 08:40:05 server ntpd[3143]: adjusting local clock by 749.932626s
Mar  2 08:44:22 server ntpd[3143]: adjusting local clock by 899.835295s
Mar  2 08:47:31 server ntpd[3143]: adjusting local clock by 899.747516s
Mar  2 08:50:06 server ntpd[3143]: adjusting local clock by 899.681399s
Mar  2 08:52:57 server ntpd[3143]: adjusting local clock by 899.570519s
Mar  2 08:58:44 server ntpd[3143]: adjusting local clock by 899.427563s

Posted: **Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:48 am**

Has this issue been addressed? Is this a problem on all units, or only on some that are defective?

Posted: **Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:20 am**

Not sure about defectiveness but this really happens on many units including mine. I also would like to have a response from the support team if there any other solution than using frequent ntp update.

Posted: **Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:40 am**

I had the "clock lose" issue with Ubuntu 9.10. As I also had some network breakdown, I came across this this thread: http://www.fit-pc2.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 08&start=0

So I went in BIOS and set "Processur full speed" to "GV3 Only". It was about two weeks ago and since, my clock problem has disapeared.

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 7:30 am**

As option you can periodically synchronize system clock to HW RTC.
Set the correct system clock:

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sudo ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org

Set hardware clock from system clock:

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sudo hwclock -w

Edit system crontab file:

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sudo crontab -e

Add this line to update system clock from hardware clock each 5 minutes:

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*/5 * * * * /sbin/hwclock -s

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:15 pm**

it has been nearly 6 months since last meaningful update on the clock problem. what's the current status and prognosis for a fix?

Posted: **Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:13 pm**

i'm astonished and confused that this debilitating defect has not been fixed for so long. i'm afraid i have to move my recommendation from "wait" to "do not purchase", disappointing for a product with such massive potential

Posted: **Sun Nov 21, 2010 4:29 pm**

We could not reproduce the problem in BIOS on several units that reported to exhibit it, so the HW RTC is assumed to keep the time correctly - at least until further evidence of the problem.

You may discuss the problem in the context of the operating system in the corresponding sub-forum.

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