ah, folks, now i am not sure of the application of this, but it used to be that a small multi year battery was installed in every motherboard, and when it finally died it started doing odd things like not keeping the correct time, then not recognizing drives and other oddities.
I have never directly seen someone say that the CMOS battery has been replaced, and if not and they are going bad then there is the answer to your trouble. "it used to be" that 15 dollars and ninety five cents (5.95 for the battery and 10 bucks to install the thing) and a quick trip to your local computer store fixed it and you were good for another five years, of course that was when I computer was expected to last you 10 years and not be so far behind that it was dragging its tail on everything too! something for you to check into to possibly fix the timing trouble inthane -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Bob J. Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:16 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Time of Day, Running Fast Mike, Over the years, I have owned several personal computers and none of them keep time accurately! There exists more than one software program that will periodically adjust the computers clock/calendar automatically when an internet connection is available. Look for such programs on the www.blind-computing.com web site. hth Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: "Blind Computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Time of Day, Running Fast Hi All, What would cause the time of day to run fast / gain time? I was doing maintenance on my wife's Lenovo laptop & noticed it was running about 10 minutes fast. Can this be fixed so it will maintain correct time? Or, what causes this to happen? Running XP Pro, IE8, J13, & Office 2002. All help / advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
