Bad Dates

[uno1234]

Hi,

I have a fresh G4 1 gHz which I assume has a brand new battery.

I leave the machine on all night and do a backup. When I arrive in the morning, most of the file dates on for the files that were recorded the day before are all screwed up. They all read 1904, most of them Jan 4, but many Apr and July (the tape b/u has correct dates).

Funny thing is, it's specific to ONE drive, and for all the files that were recorded on this Pro Tools system on that specific drive. Files that were copied from another system and another drive still maintain their correct dates.

The date and time on my clock is still correct, and the computer was powered on the whole time, so a dead battery shouldn't cause this. Again, it only happens on 1 of my 5 drives.

Can anyone help?

Thx.

[Lee Blaske]

uno1904 wrote:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>I leave the machine on all night and do a backup. When I arrive in the morning, most of the file dates on for the files that were recorded the day before are all screwed up. They all read 1904, most of them Jan 4, but many Apr and July (the tape b/u has correct dates). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's really weird. I didn't think it was possible for the Mac OS to record a file date prior to Steve Job's birthday in 1956.

Have you tried completely reformatting the drive? Just for fun, you might also want to trash the date/time prefs. Also, to really be on the safe side, you might want to reseat the battery and then zap the PRAM again.

Lee Blaske

[uno1234]

I'll try that. Thanks. The weird thing though is that files that were recorded the same day/time on a different drive are fine. I'm gonna call glyph next. I'll try your suggestions.

[uno1234]

I'll try that. Thanks. The weird thing though is that files that were recorded the same day/time on a different drive are fine. I'm gonna call glyph next. I'll try your suggestions.

[putney2]

I've seen this, don't remember the fix.

Try zapping the PRAM.

Reboot while holding apple-option-R-P
Listen for the chime to hit twice and release