BIOS time rests to GMT + 0 issue

[Shahmatt]

I recently converted my old Sandy Bridge PC to an UNRAID server. The mobo it is using is a Biostar TZ68 A+. In order to save power I set it to sleep at night and wake in the morning. Server goes into S3 sleep mode at 11pm (after 30 mins of array inactivity), and is supposed to wake (as setup in BIOS) in the morning.

The problem is that I can't seem to wake the PC. There are two problems:

The first is the BIOS time keeps resetting from GMT+8 to GMT+0. Date and day remain correct so it's not a CMOS battery issue. I am not sure why this happens but I guess UNRAID is trying to set BIOS clock incorrectly. But UNRAID clock seems to work fine and matches GMT+8.

The second is I tried adjusting the wake time by minus 8 hours, but still it would not wake. Any reason why PC may not start from sleep even after BIOS is correctly set?

 

[Phen8210]

try flashing the bios again

 

[Shahmatt]

try flashing the bios again

Yeah I have not tried this yet. Will do it tonight I guess.

 

[firesong]

I recently converted my old Sandy Bridge PC to an UNRAID server. The mobo it is using is a Biostar TZ68 A+. In order to save power I set it to sleep at night and wake in the morning. Server goes into S3 sleep mode at 11pm (after 30 mins of array inactivity), and is supposed to wake (as setup in BIOS) in the morning.

The problem is that I can't seem to wake the PC. There are two problems:

The first is the BIOS time keeps resetting from GMT+8 to GMT+0. Date and day remain correct so it's not a CMOS battery issue. I am not sure why this happens but I guess UNRAID is trying to set BIOS clock incorrectly. But UNRAID clock seems to work fine and matches GMT+8.

The second is I tried adjusting the wake time by minus 8 hours, but still it would not wake. Any reason why PC may not start from sleep even after BIOS is correctly set?

The GUI could be set to GMT +8, but check the command line. What does the command line (eg, using timedatectl or other equivalent) give you for the timezone?

 

[Shahmatt]

The GUI could be set to GMT +8, but check the command line. What does the command line (eg, using timedatectl or other equivalent) give you for the timezone?

Thanks for this suggestion. Maybe the GUI is showing something different from what is in the command line.

Not sure how to check this but will try to search for the answer/ask unraid support.

 

[hlots123]

The first is the BIOS time keeps resetting from GMT+8 to GMT+0. Date and day remain correct so it's not a CMOS battery issue.

u mean the bios clock got set back 8 hrs? sounds similar to the utc vs rtc clock thingie with ubuntu
i dunno the exact cmd i followed, as i didn't save the article i used last time...
https://www.howtogeek.com/323390/ho...ux-showing-different-times-when-dual-booting/https://itsfoss.com/wrong-time-dual-boot/

 

[firesong]

Thanks for this suggestion. Maybe the GUI is showing something different from what is in the command line.

Not sure how to check this but will try to search for the answer/ask unraid support.

Good chance that's the case. You can either make the OS adjust itself relative to UTC (GMT +0) or you can set the timezone so the OS follows system timezone. Windows can also be configured to display time relative to UTC while leaving system at UTC, hence BIOS clock is 8h behind.

By default, Linux does UTC. Can be an issue because it also resets the BIOS to UTC.

 

[Shahmatt]

u mean the bios clock got set back 8 hrs? sounds similar to the utc vs rtc clock thingie with ubuntu
i dunno the exact cmd i followed, as i didn't save the article i used last time...
https://www.howtogeek.com/323390/ho...ux-showing-different-times-when-dual-booting/https://itsfoss.com/wrong-time-dual-boot/

Thanks for this. Will try this out as well.