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To: Amy J who wrote (94883)	1/3/2000 1:54:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Amy, To reproduce this Y2k bug, select F1 after rebooting Compaq/Pentium (120mhz, etc.) system with a 1995 Micron motherboard. Result: system date in the PhoenixBios is 1/3/1900. Boo Micron. We had a need to test PCs going back to 1995 with Pentium 60's and 90's in them (and up through PIIIs), Intel and Asus mobos...no Y2K problems. Sounds like a Micron problem. If you had this and wrote them, they might be embarrassed enough to give you a credit. Happy 2K. Tony

To: Amy J who wrote (94883)	1/3/2000 3:31:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

To reproduce this Y2k bug, select F1 after rebooting Compaq/Pentium (120mhz, etc.) system with a 1995 Micron motherboard. Result: system date in the PhoenixBios is 1/3/1900. The system date didn't roll over correctly. Yes, I have an old junk Packard Bell 486 from about that time (my Linux Internet Gateway machine) that I knew wasn't Y2K compliant. I merely shut it off beforehand, later rebooted it and reset the date in the BIOS. Voila! Problem solved. My other machines were all compliant. I think it's time for everyone to admit that the only Y2K bugs that have or will show up are rinky-dinks like this one and we should stop worrying. A minor problem here or there is nothing to be concerned about. I must admit, though, that while I expected nothing major to happen I'm surprised that nothing notable happened. I wonder if the reset is good enough, or should I upgrade the PhoenixBios from Micron for this (assuming they've got a BIOS upgrade to a 95 mb)? To the best of my knowledge resetting the clock is sufficient. Besides, I don't believe that the BIOS is flashable and it isn't worth paying for new BIOS chips to upgrade such an old machine.