Ya this sounds like bad design. > current non-smear time This is the server that keeps that time! ;) But IMO, the time keeping device should be a separate ha

Ya this sounds like bad design. > current non-smear time This is the server that keeps that time! ;) But IMO, the time keeping device should be a separate hardware module with battery backup that is never is restarted. The computer should not be keeping time to begin with.