System Clock - Always Adjusting Itself???

percy · Mar 18, 2004

Hi, currently my system clock is 23 minutes advance even if I had changed a few minutes ago. It will accept the new time but after sometime, the time is wrong again. My time zone is eastern.
Thanks.

Xie · Mar 18, 2004

May be a long shot but you could possibly have a program thats updating your clock for you and it happens to be off.

Khayman · Mar 18, 2004

Windows XP has a built in time updater, maybe for some reason that sin't working poperly, can try turning it of. Go to date time settings, click internet time tab and untick the box (or make sure its set properly)

dreamliner77 · Mar 18, 2004

Could be your CMOS battery is dying.

Hipster Doofus · Mar 19, 2004

dreamliner77 said:

Yeah try a new battery.

Tittles · Mar 19, 2004

I member this happen to me before...but i dont member what fixed it? I think I fixed it when i had to reinstall windows for some reason.

SPeedY_B · Mar 19, 2004

Pretty much agree with everyone

Make sure your clock is in the correct time zone, daylight savings are set right (if applicable of course), check if your clock is being sync'd to an online server.

Also the CMOS battery thing, although in all my years of owning all my computers, it's never a factor that's ever affected me, however I do know that it can play havoc if it does fault

Tittles · Mar 19, 2004

There is a battery? Wow...i am really slow...i need to learn alot more about computers...i thought i knew alot but i guess not

SPeedY_B · Mar 19, 2004

TittleBitties said:

Yup

If you can, pop open the side of your case (touch some metal objects before doing so, to de-static yourself) take a look at your motherboard, and you should spot a battery on their somewhere. Position varies from board to board, but it's on there somewhere

Tittles · Mar 19, 2004

ooooo...Yeah I noticed that before but never really thought of it bein a battery. How long do they usally last?

SPeedY_B · Mar 19, 2004

I actually don't know, as I say, mine have never failed me.

Just google'd and found this:

.. quite a while then

Tittles · Mar 19, 2004

thats good...i have my computer on like 24/7 cept like atleast one weekend a month cause i go to my dads sometimes

Khayman · Mar 19, 2004

Wouldn't the clock get slower not faster if the battery was dying?

Tittles · Mar 19, 2004

Hey...he does have a good bout? doesnt he?

dreamliner77 · Mar 19, 2004

You'd think it'd get slower, but that's more of an analog thing. Digitals just do weird things when the battery wears down.

percy · Mar 19, 2004

thanks a lot for all the informations. I had unticked the autoupdate from the internet and will check the cmos battery.
good day.

Lee · Mar 19, 2004

TittleBitties said:

YEAH there is a battery lol. Get to PC World fast

Tittles · Mar 19, 2004

Lee said:

LOL...

firehawk · Mar 19, 2004

The battery has nothing to do with it..........when it's plugged in and recieving AC. The battery is only meant to keep your BIOS settings in the event there is no AC power.