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system clock keep losing time
Name: chris Date: March 16, 2001 at 06:49:24 Pacific
Comment:
Help asap please....
I'm running windows 98se and my system clock continues to lose track of time. any ideas?
Name: zzyzx Date: March 16, 2001 at 06:56:41 Pacific
Reply:
most like is your mobo batt. get it replace by a tech
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Response Number 2
Name: Tanked Date: March 16, 2001 at 07:20:54 Pacific
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Do you mean that the CMOS is losing time or that the taskbar clock is losing time? If it is the CMOS, then yes, change the battery. If its the taskbar clock, just reboot.
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Response Number 3
Name: zzyzx Date: March 16, 2001 at 07:35:23 Pacific
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isn't the taskbar time and the cmos time the same?
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Response Number 4
Name: Tanked Date: March 16, 2001 at 08:10:49 Pacific
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No they are not the same. The OS checks the correct time in CMOS only at startup. From then on, it relies on the refresh circuitry to update time. Unfortunately, the refresh circuits don't translate seconds very well, so ALL systems are prone to losing up to a few minutes per day of system up-time. Rebooting forces the system to check the correct time in the CMOS again. If you reboot and the time is wrong, THEN you have a battery problem.
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Response Number 5
Name: Peer Date: March 16, 2001 at 12:11:11 Pacific
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I agree 100% with Tanked. The two clocks are seperate. My system always kept perfect timing when shut off but when running drifted a few minutes a day when running. I have found a program to help correct this problem. It's called Rightime from www.rightime.com It is shareware and runs in your autoexec.bat and will keep the two clockes synced plus it can compensate for a drifting tendecy of the CMOS clock.
www.rightime.com
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Response Number 6
Name: Larry Date: March 17, 2001 at 05:18:45 Pacific
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Download this small program "WebTime 2000". It lets you synchronize your clock with various NIST sites while on the Web. It's a one click operation and is FREE. Here's the link: www.gregorybraun.com
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Response Number 7
Name: Jim Harris Date: March 17, 2001 at 06:27:28 Pacific
Reply:
Remove "After Dark" screen saver.
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Response Number 8
Name: Peer Date: March 17, 2001 at 07:40:35 Pacific
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I prefer Rightime because the computer is self suffecent. What if this machine isn't connected to the internet? Then such updating is difficult.
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