[techtalk] Computer clock way slow

J B griffin2020 at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 26 20:58:52 EST 2000


Ouch....Ok, then why does my BIOS, and a couple of other machines want to 
know what the cycle time is for power?....
You have a good point, though....makes sense, but cannot figure it out...
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:03:29 GMT, "J B" <griffin2020 at hotmail.com> said:

 >Internal clocks work by counting the cycles in electricity.

Not on PCs.  There's a small quartz oscillator on the system board
that drives the internal clock.  (Otherwise, how would it run when the
power is down, eh?)

If you look at the PC power supply, you'll see that unrectified line
current never reaches the system board; this also torpedoes your
theory. :)

Kelly

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