old computer clock question

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:03 pm

i have changed the cmos battery - but my clock on my computer keeps loosing 3 hours any ideas how to repair it so it stays at the right time !

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:44 pm

set it 3 hours ahead?

how quickly is it falling behind?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:58 pm

seems to happen very offen !

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:18 pm

waht... look at it one second and its 12:00 and 2 seconds later its 3:00? or like a day later it will be off by 3?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:22 pm

can be 1 hour - or 6 hours but it will switch !

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:58 pm

This seems to be a problem with some older mobos - probably a Y2K issue. You might want to see if there's a BIOS update.

Otherwise the simplest fix - if you have it connected to broadband - is to install Atomic Clock to keep it syncronized.

If you're running XP it has a built in Internet clock sync.