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Name: Po'Boy (by Johnny D)
Date: July 12, 2007 at 14:57:40 Pacific
OS: Win98SE
CPU/Ram: 512
Product: Toshiba
Comment:

The clock keeps losing time. I use a program that sets the clock via the web but it will not hold time very long. It has been going on a long time. Anybody know what could cause this and how to fix it?



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Response Number 1
Name: OtheHill
Date: July 12, 2007 at 15:11:15 Pacific
Reply:

Is it just the clock or is the date changing. Look in the BIOS for time and date.


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Response Number 2
Name: max00
Date: July 12, 2007 at 15:51:35 Pacific
Reply:

If it only loses time during the time the system is powered down, that could be caused by the motherboard battery dying.


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Response Number 3
Name: Po'Boy (by Johnny D)
Date: July 12, 2007 at 16:26:37 Pacific
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The time is all that is slowing down. I do not let it get so far off that the date is wrong. The system is always on so it is not losing time when the power is off.


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Response Number 4
Name: max00
Date: July 12, 2007 at 17:44:25 Pacific
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(edit) Removed because suggestion was stupid.


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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill
Date: July 12, 2007 at 18:58:19 Pacific
Reply:

Something sticks in my head that this was a bug in Win98.


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Response Number 6
Name: Po'Boy (by Johnny D)
Date: July 12, 2007 at 22:17:15 Pacific
Reply:

I've rest the time in the BIOS. Let's see how long it keeps time. I may have to replace the CMOS battery. Thanks for all your help everyone.


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Response Number 7
Name: Coos Bay Lumber
Date: July 13, 2007 at 07:30:11 Pacific
Reply:

Had this situation in a small town back a couple years ago.

Wasn't the computer, it was the power company.

Friend came over and he plugged some meter into the wall. Yep.

I was only getting about 105 VAV and at 59 cycles per second. I telephoned to complain next morning, and was told "How do You know?"

Two day later the transformer up on the pole went Blewey! It was replaced.

Then two days later same friend came over with meter again, and everything was above what was mentioned. Even the televison was brighter.

Stick something into the wall for these things go bad very slowly, and you may not otherwise notice it.

Wm.


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Response Number 8
Name: Jury Gerasimov
Date: July 31, 2007 at 00:01:06 Pacific
Reply:

I've had the same situation with my wife's computer. Something was wrong with the motherboard, but I was not sure what exactly. But being a programmer, I've made a workaround. I've added "Block time changes" to my Chameleon Clock - www.softshape.com/cham - so it corrected all the sudden changes caused by BIOS and keeped the time exact synchronizing it with Internet atomic servers.


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