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I have an Acer Aspire notebook with Vista that I bought in January of 07. It's started to lose time. I'll sync the clock or set it and minutes later it's a minute slow or two minutes slow. It's 7 AM now and my clock reads 1:46 AM. I'm not very computer savvy so small words, please. =0)
*I should mention that this happens while the computer is plugged in and on and when it's unplugged and off.
Name: darko010101 Date: September 9, 2009 at 04:17:11 Pacific
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hmm... have you done any changes in bios settings ??? like enabling APM ??? or you enabled it in windows vista try reseting bios setup
Windows XP user
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Response Number 2
Name: bsul Date: September 9, 2009 at 04:24:15 Pacific
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I haven't done anything that I know of. I don't even know how to change BIOS settings.
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Response Number 3
Name: darko010101 Date: September 9, 2009 at 04:26:16 Pacific
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your cmos battery may be weak... that one keeps the time and date... try out another one...
but...do you know how to replace it...???
Windows XP user
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Response Number 4
Name: bsul Date: September 9, 2009 at 04:29:19 Pacific
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I've read some other topics that say it's like a watch battery by the motherboard. I took my old pc apart and replaced cards and ports, but I've never worked on a notebook.
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Response Number 5
Name: darko010101 Date: September 9, 2009 at 04:31:26 Pacific
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hmm...if you have no experience then call some friend that can replace the battery with other one...
Windows XP user
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Response Number 6
Name: bsul Date: September 9, 2009 at 04:33:15 Pacific
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yeah... that's what I was thinking... thanks for the help.
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Response Number 7
Name: darko010101 Date: September 9, 2009 at 04:36:11 Pacific
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