Dale:
Your observations paint an inconsistent
picture.
There are two clocks in your computer. One that
you see on the screen which is powered when the
computer is on. There is one that runs unseen
and is powered by the battery. The clock on the
screen will sometimes lose time during certain
computer operations. When the computer is
turned off and on, this clock is reset from the
unseen battery run clock. If you do not turn
your computer off, the seen clock will go on
with the incorrect time.
Try turning your computer off and on to see if
the seen clock resets to the correct time.
Wally
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:44:04 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Howdy,
>
> I've been having a minor problem with my clock since
> day one. I set it for the correct time and within a day
> or so it's at least 7 or 8 minutes slow.
> I reset it again it's a few minutes off again within a
> day or so, but it never goes beyond that amount of time
> as far as being slow. I can let it go for months and it
> never gets more than 7 or 8 minutes slow. I originally
> thought it was the battery, but A: why would they ship a
> brand new computer with a dying battery, and B: if it
> WAS the battery, it would've been dead LONG ago (it's at
> least 3 years old and that's how long this has been
> going on).
> I have a really old Tandy laptop that hasn't had a
> battery change in well over a decade and it's clock only
> goes off the correct time very slightly over a few
> months. I reset it earlier this week and when I used it
> again days later it was actually 2 seconds FAST.
> Any ideas as to why the clock on the pc won't stay
> on time?
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
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