• Apple OS X

  date and time settings havoc

  Posted by Nicole Elmer on March 21, 2007 at 9:14 pm

  Hi…

  My date and time settings go off whack when I put my G5 into sleep mode overnight. I’ll wake it up and the date is usually some random day in April, 2038. Sometimes, the time reflects the last time I put my computer to sleep.

  Yes, I’ve changed the battery, reset the PRAM, and the SMU button. Not sure why it’s doing this. Doesn’t happen when I shut the computer down. Only when it sleeps. I have a G5 (Late 2005). Run 10.4.8 OS.

  Any advice you can give is much appreciated. Resetting the date and time each time I wake the computer up is a tiny hassle, but hassle none the less.

  Nicole

  Jeff Carpenter replied 19 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  March 22, 2007 at 1:17 am

  First update your OS (10.4.9 is out) if the issue still persists, reset the PMU (Power Management Unit), if that douse not work then boot from a known good system. If you have the same problem booted from a known good system, then it is something hardware, if it acts normal booted from a known good system, then it is software, most likely something screwy with the OS. I would then reinstall your OS.
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  Jeff Carpenter

  March 22, 2007 at 5:32 pm

  Check thetime and date system preferences. You can set the clock to automatically sync itself to an external source on the internet. I don’t know…perhaps it’s set to something wrong and kees re-syncing to that?

  If it’s off you should turn it out. That’s not an actual fix but it might help by re-syncing your clock every time it gets off.

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