> it had nothing to do with BIOS. The problem started when I right-clicked on > the clock applet in kicker in KDE. I chose "Adjust Date & Time..." from that > and I entered the root password and went into the "Configure - Date & Time" > dialog, changed the time zone and clicked Apply and the screen goes blank > (had to move my mouse to get the screen back) and the time changes and UTC is > selected in Current Time Zone instead of PST (for Los Angeles). It won't > allow me to select PST in the Current Time Zone. I've just read the forum discussion, thought I'd mention that I just had this the other day as well. Someone there mentioned that it might be KDE - I've got no KDE running on my install - so i doubt it. Duncan