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laptop loses time
Name: Chuck Date: August 26, 2003 at 04:19:58 Pacific OS: WinXP Home CPU/Ram: Celeron/256MRam
Comment:
My wife's Compaq Presario is slowly losing time, she says it's maybe 15 minutes or so slow every other day. She doesn't notice the time everyday so she's not real sure. Could it maybe be the CMOS battery going bad? Is it easily replaced? THanks in advance.
Name: Mike Date: August 26, 2003 at 04:54:58 Pacific
Reply:
Could definitely be the battery. Do you unplug from the wall power every day? It might make sense to check by leaving it plugged in (over the weekend) and see if the time - keeps time.
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Response Number 2
Name: MikeBHouston Date: August 26, 2003 at 05:38:15 Pacific
Reply:
Probably the CMOS battery. The other option would be to download one of those time sync programs to keep your clock on time. Here's a very popular application that will sunc you up with the atomic clock in boulder, co...
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