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5680 having hard time keeping the date/time

post #1 of 6
2/11/04 at 12:49am
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Well, when the month turned to February, my lappy ended up thinking that it was May. Now the time is behind three hours and the day is off by two.


Is this the result of a dead CMOS battery or whatever? I couldnt imagine it dying so soon..

How would I fix this so it doesnt keep doing this?
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post #2 of 6
2/11/04 at 12:03pm
I have this problem under Linux - the time drifts badly - under windows it seems ot be fine. Very wierd I to was wondering if it was a CMOS battery problem. I am probably just going to end up polling an NTP site.
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post #3 of 6
2/11/04 at 1:23pm
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post #4 of 6
2/11/04 at 1:30pm
The only time I had a problem like this it was the CMOS battery, just like you thought.
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post #5 of 6
2/11/04 at 1:32pm
Freeware Windows NTP utilities abound. That does not excuse that the internal clock has issues (NIST is wrong, dammit). I would replace the Li battery and see if that helps...
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post #6 of 6
2/11/04 at 2:17pm
Yup, sounds like battery. I'd get that replaced, and if you still have problem, there are a lot of utilities that are supposed to fix clock drifiting.
It actually happens a lot on most comptures, but its very slow. Over 2 months my desktop has drifted about 5 minutes or so.
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