On Sep 30,  7:33am, betty i wrote:

> i set my clock last month on my computer, it lost two minutes in 5wks.
> do you think i NEED to replace it, or can it wait? (like till it really 
> slows down)  it is in a machine that is 5 years old.

I'm not convinced that replacing the battery will do much to improve
the accuracy of the clock, so I wouldn't bother replacing it.

Instead, you might consider using ntpd to keep you machine's clock accurate
when it's powered up and running Linux.  Have it sync to the hardware
clock on shutdown or reboot.

Kevin