vlad1966 Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 I built this (see my sig.) about a week ago & the time on it keeps running amok! The longer I leave the computer on, the larger the desparity is between the computer's clock and the real time. For example, right now, real time is 3:50pm but my Hackintosh says it's 4:09pm. Anyone else have this problem? It can't be the CMOS battery on the mobo because I'm not losing any settings in the BIOS and I've only had the mobo for 1 week. I've tried not overclocking, but that didn't help either. Is it just OS X being retarded about the time??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 did you set the FSB in the boot file? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad1966 Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 The what in the where? FSB = Front Side Bus? No, I didn't Please be a bit more specific - where's the boot file & what do I do with it to get the time to display correctly? thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabz Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 i had the same problem in tiger.9, upgrading to tiger.10 fixed it for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Go to Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler Click on Hardware, it's on the very top in the list on the left Look for your Bus Speed, it should be something like XXX MHz Divide that number by four, and remember it Browse to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ Open the file com.apple.Boot.plist in TextEdit Under <key>Kernel Flags</key>, add the line <string>FSB=XXX</string>, where XXX is the number you got in step four Safe that file to the Desktop, with the extension plist Replace the old com.apple.Boot.plist with the new one from your desktop Repair permissions Reboot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad1966 Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Ramm, thanks, but this doesn't fix the time running away problem . . . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Then it may just be a operating system issue. The epoch may be off, for some reason. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad1966 Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 funny thing is, when I open the date/time control panel, the time automatically reverts backward to the correct time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Do you have checked the box that asks if you want to synchronize with an internet server, or something of the like? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-408944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad1966 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Yes, I've tried both checking & unchecking "Set Date & Time Automatically" with Apple Americas/U.S. timefrom the dropdown - still same problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-409505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveywilks Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Would this work on an AMD system, something tells me it's going to be differnt to dividing by x4 Cheers Dave Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-415848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackeron Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Same issue after upgrading from 10.5.2 to 10.5.3 -- Clock is running slow and is a full hour behind over night. I tried setting FSB as suggested which didn't help.. Anyone ever get this resolved? EDIT: Found solution! - details here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=112531 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-792225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwood129 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Ok I think I have found the real solution to this problem. At least for me I have found the problem in the speedstep app. When I turn the speed to full on my cpu the clock keeps time perfectly. If I set it to automatic it will lose time always. If anyone else having this problem let me know if this works for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-912938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotigZ Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Im having a bit of a different problem with my time. When im in windows it will say like 11:02 pm and when i boot into mac it will say 6:02pm. If i change the time on mac and boot back into windows the time will do the same thing except reverse win will say 6. Its crazy. Is there a fix for this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57133-timeclock-not-working-correctly-on-hackintosh/#findComment-916887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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