My PC clock is messin up

[FPNY]

This morning it was an hour fast. I reset it. I just noticed that now it's a half hour fast. What gives? Any ideas?

[Corny]

if there isn't something fucking with your software clock, probably your bios battery is running low. you can get a new one for like 10$ or so. looks like a big wrist-watch battery, you should be able to spot and replace it easily by yourself

[techboywi]

if there isn't something fucking with your software clock, probably your bios battery is running low. you can get a new one for like 10$ or so. looks like a big wrist-watch battery, you should be able to spot and replace it easily by yourself

Do you have a program or something running that may sync your clock with something? Windows has a built in utility to do this, it could be that, that is screwing up. Its unlikely it is your BIOS battery, because as long as you don't shut off your computer, your clock will run fine

[getstoseven]

If your computer is more than 4 years old it likely is the cmos battery.
Usually easy to locate...........sometimes LESS easy to get at...........and watch the polarity when and if you remove it...... .........should you not find any other causes for the clock to keep screwing up.
If the clock isn't set right some IM apps won't work either............

[T-Rexx]

Perhaps you are being sucked into a black hole, FPNY, and your computer is recording the resulting distortions in the space-time continuum.






Then again, it could just be the battery.

[noelie]

Def cmos/bios battery

If I could type the X-Files tune here I would.

[FPNY]

thanks boys, i guess i'll have to take my pc apart to see if i can locate said offending battery. seems like the easiest place to start, althoug it's been working fine for the past couple of days.

[T-Rexx]

Here is a tutorial on changing the motherboard battery:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/81




I'm sorry, but I wasn't able to find a tutorial on how to deal with the aliens and their black holes.

[buzzj]

Perhaps you are being sucked into a black hole, FPNY, and your computer is recording the resulting distortions in the space-time continuum....

Does Windows have a fix for that?

[Corny]

windows is the cause for that.

[T-Rexx]

Does Windows have a fix for that?

As a matter of fact, they do:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159211

[TampaVirgin]

ok what about my clock it always seems to gain a few minutes every couple of weeks

[T-Rexx]

^ The clocks on computer motherboards are notoriously cheap and inaccurate.

If you require accuracy, use a program which can sync your PC's clock with a standard time signal over the internet.


http://www.brigsoft.com/atomic-clock-sync/

http://www.lmhsoft.com/timesync/



Of course, if your PC has recently been traveling faster than the speed of light, this, too, could account for the time increase. Slow down.

[Jeimuzu]

^ The clocks on computer motherboards are notoriously cheap and inaccurate.

If you require accuracy, use a program which can sync your PC's clock with a standard time signal over the internet.


http://www.brigsoft.com/atomic-clock-sync/

http://www.lmhsoft.com/timesync/

As cool as that'd be, don't you have to pay for them? I would've thought there'd be a free one...

[T-Rexx]

^ Sorry. I just cut and pasted the first two I came across. I didn't pay any attention to the cost.

I think this one's free (Win XP only):
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/


There are some free ones here, too, I think:
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/d...sync_software/



BTW, I haven't checked any of these downloads to make sure they don't load adware or anything. You're on your own. (I'm running Linux right now).