RE: CA-Win95 and problem with system date

["MCPARTLAND, Susan" <susan.mcpartland@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We've seen a similar problem and it was caused by a defect in the PC 
BIOS.  If you contact the BIOS supplier there may be a patch or 
upgrade.



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From:  Taylor Enterprises[SMTP:taylor@interlog.com]
Sent:  Thursday, April 02, 1998 9:52 AM
To:  MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:  CA-Win95 and problem with system date

Hi, all

We've already solved the problem, but I'm curious whether anyone has 
any
insignt on what caused it.

We have a small network of PCs using an AS/400 as a database server. 
 The
PCs are about evenly split between WFW 3.11 (running CA DOS-Enhanced 
and
Rumba)and Win95 (CA Win 95 - V3R1M2, if it makes a difference).

Tuesday, we had an episode where our lights flickered on and off 
several
times in the space of about a minute.  Most of the PCs were 
unaffected, but
two went down.  One rebooted fine, but the other couldn't make a 
connection
with the AS/400 - it kept producing invalid page faults.  I 
uninstalled and
reinstalled CA; uninstalled and reinstalled Win95 (it was an upgrade 
over
WFW 3.11); and finally reformatted the hard drive and installed Win95 
and
CA from scratch.  The CA reinstall wouldn't complete - when the 
Migration
Wizard was called, it produced an invalid page fault.  My connection 
was
via TCP/IP, and I could ping the AS/400 and other PCs on the network.

Finally, just by sheer luck, I happened to check the system date - it
showed April 2, 2098.  As nearly as I can guess, the repeated power 
surges
(yes, the PCs aren't protected properly) messed the BIOS system date. 
 I
changed it back to today's date, and it now works fine - makes a 
connection
and everything is perfect.

My question - was the problem an incompatibility between the system 
dates
on the PC and the AS/400, or is CA not Y2K ready?

TIA
David Petrie
Taylor Enterprises - Your First Choice in Association Management

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