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General Category => Ask Our Experts => Topic started by: firedog3592 on April 21, 2008, 06:27:22 am

Title: RTC accuracy test failure...means what exactly?
Post by: firedog3592 on April 21, 2008, 06:27:22 am

I have an older Sony Vaio here and it failed the RTC accuracy test...but what does that mean for the PC? How bad is it and can I fix it? Really annoying that there is no guide supplied with PC Dr! >:(

Title: Re: RTC accuracy test failure...means what exactly?
Post by: fwilson on April 21, 2008, 07:18:40 am

firedog3592,

The guide is located on the CD-ROM, it is named PCDrSC6_UserGuide.pdf.

RTC Accuracy Test - This test verifies the accuracy of the RTC on the motherboard and compares it to the CPU's clock to determine if the motherboard and CPU clock are too out of sync. This test will uncover problems with system time updates, periodic interrupts, and alarm interrupts. If the test detects errors with the RTC accuracy, it will log the test as Failed and report additional details in the test log.

-Fred