Guest dessie Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest something to fix the problem. Thanks Des
Guest Bob I Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? dessie wrote: > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest > something to fix the problem. > Thanks Des
Guest Nightowl Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 computer clock losing time and date computer clock losing time and date dessie <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Wed, 5 Sep 2007: >My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times >in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest >something to fix the problem. >Thanks Des Hi Des Is the computer losing time when it's on, or is the time and date only wrong when you first power it up? If the PC doesn't keep time when it's shut off, it's most likely the battery. If the problem happens when it's running, it's not the battery at fault. Can you give a bit more detail about what's happening? -- Nightowl
Guest Unknown Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date What is the logic in that response? "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? > > dessie wrote: > >> My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 >> times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone >> suggest something to fix the problem. >> Thanks Des >
Guest Unknown Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date Is power always on? Do you shut down the computer? . When does it lose time? Are you,periodically syncing your clock with a server? "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:18D3F8B0-B8AE-4F5D-B81B-28E9F624789D@microsoft.com... > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 > times > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest > something to fix the problem. > Thanks Des
Guest Terry R. Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date On 9/5/2007 8:16 AM On a whim, dessie pounded out on the keyboard > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest > something to fix the problem. > Thanks Des Hi Des, In Control Panel, Date & Time, Internet Time tab, is "Automatically...." checked? Click the Update Now button and see if it synchronizes. If that doesn't help, you can get freebie utilities that update more often. I've used About Time prior to XP on client machines and it works well and can be configured to update at specific times (say every 5 minutes if you choose). You can get it here: http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/ -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Daave Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:18D3F8B0-B8AE-4F5D-B81B-28E9F624789D@microsoft.com... > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 > times > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone > suggest > something to fix the problem. You never said *how much* time you're losing. If it's not much, that's just how Windows is. Either manually adjust it every week or so or synch it up with time.windows.com.: Date and Time Properties | Internet Time Make sure the box next to "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server" is checked. By the way, although I'm not sure if it's still this way, Macs had the opposite problem!
Guest Bob I Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC is disconnected from the mains. Unknown wrote: > What is the logic in that response? > "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > >>Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? >> >>dessie wrote: >> >> >>>My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 >>>times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone >>>suggest something to fix the problem. >>>Thanks Des >> > >
Guest Unknown Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date The batteries normally last about 5 years and she has replaced it 3 times already. "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23n5rWv97HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC is > disconnected from the mains. > > Unknown wrote: > >> What is the logic in that response? >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >>>Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? >>> >>>dessie wrote: >>> >>> >>>>My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 >>>>times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone >>>>suggest something to fix the problem. >>>>Thanks Des >>> >> >> >
Guest Bob I Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date The particular motherboard may be defective and draw abnormally high, so when the PC has no outside power the battery goes flat quickly. Unknown wrote: > The batteries normally last about 5 years and she has replaced it 3 times > already. > "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:%23n5rWv97HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >>The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC is >>disconnected from the mains. >> >>Unknown wrote: >> >> >>>What is the logic in that response? >>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> >>> >>>>Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? >>>> >>>>dessie wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 >>>>>times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone >>>>>suggest something to fix the problem. >>>>>Thanks Des >>>> >>> > >
Guest Daave Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date Even if that would work, it's treating the symptom but not the cause. I turn off my power strip, yet my batteries last at least three years at a time (not months). "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23n5rWv97HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC > is disconnected from the mains. > > Unknown wrote: > >> What is the logic in that response? >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >>>Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? >>> >>>dessie wrote: >>> >>> >>>>My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery >>>>3 times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can >>>>anyone suggest something to fix the problem. >>>>Thanks Des
Guest Bob I Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date Replacing the motherboard is certainly an alternative. BUT in this case treating the symptom is less painful than the cure. Daave wrote: > Even if that would work, it's treating the symptom but not the cause. I > turn off my power strip, yet my batteries last at least three years at a > time (not months). > > > "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:%23n5rWv97HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC >> is disconnected from the mains. >> >> Unknown wrote: >> >>> What is the logic in that response? >>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> >>>> Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? >>>> >>>> dessie wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos >>>>> battery 3 times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few >>>>> weeks. Can anyone suggest something to fix the problem. >>>>> Thanks Des > >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:43:06 -0500, Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote: > The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC > is disconnected from the mains. No, the battery is used to supply power to the CMOS whenever the computer is powered off, regardless of whether the computer is plugged in or not. > Unknown wrote: > > > What is the logic in that response? > > "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > > >>Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? > >> > >>dessie wrote: > >> > >> > >>>My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 > >>>times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone > >>>suggest something to fix the problem. > >>>Thanks Des > >> > > > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:16:06 -0700, dessie <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest > something to fix the problem. How do you know it lasts only a few weeks? Exactly what are your symptoms? Does it lose the time and date while running or while powered off? These batteries normally last several years. Needing to replace a battery after a few weeks might be possible if the battery were defective, but the chances of getting three defective batteries in six months are slight enough to rule out that possibility. At any rate, if the battery truly did need to be replaced, this is not a Windows problem. Almost certainly there is something wrong with the motherboard. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Bob I Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date Humm, then I have been very fortunate. I have PCs over 7 years old that run maybe a couple hours a day, and no battery replacement yet. Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:43:06 -0500, Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC >>is disconnected from the mains. > > > > No, the battery is used to supply power to the CMOS whenever the > computer is powered off, regardless of whether the computer is plugged > in or not. > > > > > > >>Unknown wrote: >> >> >>>What is the logic in that response? >>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> >>> >>>>Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? >>>> >>>>dessie wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 >>>>>times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone >>>>>suggest something to fix the problem. >>>>>Thanks Des >>>> >>> >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:16:32 -0500, Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote: > Humm, then I have been very fortunate. I have PCs over 7 years old that > run maybe a couple hours a day, and no battery replacement yet. No, it's not a matter of particularly good fortune. Seven years is on the high side, but most batteries typically last at least five years or so. > Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > > > On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:43:06 -0500, Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > >>The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the PC > >>is disconnected from the mains. > > > > > > > > No, the battery is used to supply power to the CMOS whenever the > > computer is powered off, regardless of whether the computer is plugged > > in or not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Unknown wrote: > >> > >> > >>>What is the logic in that response? > >>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message > >>>news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > >>> > >>> > >>>>Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? > >>>> > >>>>dessie wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 > >>>>>times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone > >>>>>suggest something to fix the problem. > >>>>>Thanks Des > >>>> > >>> > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest dessie Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date It loses time and date when powered off. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:16:06 -0700, dessie > <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times > > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest > > something to fix the problem. > > > > How do you know it lasts only a few weeks? Exactly what are your > symptoms? Does it lose the time and date while running or while > powered off? > > These batteries normally last several years. Needing to replace a > battery after a few weeks might be possible if the battery were > defective, but the chances of getting three defective batteries in six > months are slight enough to rule out that possibility. > > At any rate, if the battery truly did need to be replaced, this is not > a Windows problem. Almost certainly there is something wrong with the > motherboard. > > > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:30:01 -0700, dessie <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > It loses time and date when powered off. Then it certainly sounds like the battery. It can't be Windows. If it's failing that often, there must be something wrong with the motherboard to make it happen. > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > > > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:16:06 -0700, dessie > > <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times > > > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest > > > something to fix the problem. > > > > > > > > How do you know it lasts only a few weeks? Exactly what are your > > symptoms? Does it lose the time and date while running or while > > powered off? > > > > These batteries normally last several years. Needing to replace a > > battery after a few weeks might be possible if the battery were > > defective, but the chances of getting three defective batteries in six > > months are slight enough to rule out that possibility. > > > > At any rate, if the battery truly did need to be replaced, this is not > > a Windows problem. Almost certainly there is something wrong with the > > motherboard. > > > > > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Daave Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date That's assuming there are only two choices. I highly doubt the motherboard needs replacing!!! Bob I wrote: > Replacing the motherboard is certainly an alternative. BUT in this > case treating the symptom is less painful than the cure. > > Daave wrote: > >> Even if that would work, it's treating the symptom but not the >> cause. I turn off my power strip, yet my batteries last at least >> three years at a time (not months). >> >> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:%23n5rWv97HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >>> The simple fact that the battery only need to supply power when the >>> PC is disconnected from the mains. >>> >>> Unknown wrote: >>> >>>> What is the logic in that response? >>>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>> news:OyYONP97HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>>> Don't kill power to the computer case with a power strip? >>>>> >>>>> dessie wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos >>>>>> battery 3 times in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few >>>>>> weeks. Can anyone suggest something to fix the problem. >>>>>> Thanks Des
Guest Daave Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date Ah, you didn't say that before. If that's the case, I agree with Ken. Hopefully it's not the motherboard, but it's a distinct possibility. I wonder if it's a jumper setting... But I'm still puzzled. I understand what "losing time" means. But what do you mean by "losing date"? If you were to correct the clock at 8 PM tonight and shut down, then power up tomorrow night 24 hours later at 8 PM. how much time will you have lost? And do you lose that much time (at least 20 hours) that the date will not have advanced? "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:32740108-92C9-496D-AC15-D7E2F9848E0C@microsoft.com... > It loses time and date when powered off. > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > >> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:16:06 -0700, dessie >> <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos >> > battery 3 times >> > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone >> > suggest >> > something to fix the problem. >> >> >> >> How do you know it lasts only a few weeks? Exactly what are your >> symptoms? Does it lose the time and date while running or while >> powered off? >> >> These batteries normally last several years. Needing to replace a >> battery after a few weeks might be possible if the battery were >> defective, but the chances of getting three defective batteries in >> six >> months are slight enough to rule out that possibility. >> >> At any rate, if the battery truly did need to be replaced, this is >> not >> a Windows problem. Almost certainly there is something wrong with the >> motherboard. >> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User >> Please Reply to the Newsgroup >>
Guest Plato Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date =?Utf-8?B?ZGVzc2ll?= wrote: > > My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 times > in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest > something to fix the problem. Not that rare, but sometimes the motherboard circuit that has the battery goes bad and cannot be repaired. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Frank Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message news:OYOQ8f97HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "dessie" <dessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:18D3F8B0-B8AE-4F5D-B81B-28E9F624789D@microsoft.com... >> My computer is loosing date and time. Ive replaced the cmos battery 3 >> times >> in the past 6 months, but it only lasts a few weeks. Can anyone suggest >> something to fix the problem. > > You never said *how much* time you're losing. > > If it's not much, that's just how Windows is. Either manually adjust it > every week or so or synch it up with time.windows.com.: > > Date and Time Properties | Internet Time > > Make sure the box next to "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time > server" is checked. > > By the way, although I'm not sure if it's still this way, Macs had the > opposite problem! http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm Read the last paragraph. The service is no longer available. time.windows.com leaches from time.nist.gov. Look in your event viewer and notice the errors. Google for another ntp time server.
Guest Daave Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: computer clock loosing time and date Frank wrote: > "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message > news:OYOQ8f97HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> If it's not much, that's just how Windows is. Either manually adjust >> it every week or so or synch it up with time.windows.com.: >> >> Date and Time Properties | Internet Time >> >> Make sure the box next to "Automatically synchronize with an >> Internet time server" is checked. >> >> By the way, although I'm not sure if it's still this way, Macs had >> the opposite problem! > > http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm > > Read the last paragraph. > > The service is no longer available. > time.windows.com leaches from time.nist.gov. > Look in your event viewer and notice the errors. > Google for another ntp time server. Didn't know this. Thanks, Frank!
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