Re: Computer loosing time

Rashkae wrote:
Brian Lunergan wrote:
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Subject: Computer loosing time
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 21:55:16 -0400
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What would cause a computer to loose time while it's on and running?
(approx. 10 minutes lost every 24 hrs) It's easy enough to sync the
clock with NTP, but it makes no sense to me that my pc can't count
seconds properly.

There may be other explanations possible (the ubertechs in the group can get themselves around that) but my speculative thought would be that the battery keeping your CMOS alive (and hence the time/date information) has reached its limits and is beginning to fail.


Which would be first thought if the computer was ever turned off :)...
System time doesn't rely on CMOS clock except to to reand from the clock
on boot.

I'd say the same thing that Brian said, but maybe the battery isn't the problem, only one of the symptoms... I got the exact same situation a couple of months ago with one of my computer ( that one running doze tho)... then, other problems started to occur (going from freezes to instant reboots). At some point, I noticed that at every reboots, I would have to redo the settings in the Bios...

The problem was in fact the power supply that wasn't giving enough power on the 3.3v, so the system was relying on the battery... When the battery drained... oups...

In your bios, look if you don't have a voltage monitor. If the voltages there are too far from their rated voltage, there may be a problem (remember, when the OS is loaded, computer needs more power than when in the Bios only...

Hope this helps...

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