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Loup · 08-24-2005, 05:17 AM

My boss has a new (within the last 2 months) laptop that seems to have a problem with the clock that is displayed in the task bar (Windows XP). When the laptop is on or off, there is a great deal of time that is lost during the course of the day - It was set for the correct time of 10:30am yesterday morning and by 12:30pm actual time, the laptop displayed that it was 10:45am. I have noticed that when I have the Date & Time Properties screen open (in the background), the time does not falter.
I apologize for not having all the specs of the laptop, but was hoping that with the above information the issue can be addressed.

shakran · 08-24-2005, 05:26 AM

sounds like the clock is just wildly inaccurate to me. Download D4 (Dimension 4) and set it to update every 15 minutes. It'll sync your boss's laptop to a known accurate (i.e. nuclear) clock as long as he's connected to the net.

Charlatan · 08-24-2005, 05:28 AM

Check what time zone you have him in...

cyrnel · 08-24-2005, 07:55 AM

Is it gradual or does it jump? Definitely check the zone, and if it happens when not connected to a network.

Whether it's the real-time clock or something simple, I'd take care of it soon. Sounds severe enough to qualify for a warranty call. I've always found machines with bad clock chips to be a unique pain in the keister.

feelgood · 08-24-2005, 08:02 AM

Wouldn't this be a battery problem? Not the laptop's battery but there is another battery on the motherboard that is usually used to keep the clock going.

Check the BIOS' clock settings while you're at it

freeload · 08-24-2005, 10:48 AM

A quick side-note. One of ther servers in our network was a little "late", so all our computers synced with this server every now and then during the day - No matter how often I corrected my "local" time, it was off again in a few minutes.

Had to bug the tech.support for a while before they fixed it.

08-24-2005, 05:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Loup Pup no More Location: Voted the Best	Laptop Clock Problems My boss has a new (within the last 2 months) laptop that seems to have a problem with the clock that is displayed in the task bar (Windows XP). When the laptop is on or off, there is a great deal of time that is lost during the course of the day - It was set for the correct time of 10:30am yesterday morning and by 12:30pm actual time, the laptop displayed that it was 10:45am. I have noticed that when I have the Date & Time Properties screen open (in the background), the time does not falter. I apologize for not having all the specs of the laptop, but was hoping that with the above information the issue can be addressed. __________________ "If you cannot lift the load off another's back, do not walk away. Try to lighten it." ~ Frank Tyger

08-24-2005, 05:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Check what time zone you have him in... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

08-24-2005, 07:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Is it gradual or does it jump? Definitely check the zone, and if it happens when not connected to a network. Whether it's the real-time clock or something simple, I'd take care of it soon. Sounds severe enough to qualify for a warranty call. I've always found machines with bad clock chips to be a unique pain in the keister. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

08-24-2005, 08:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Wouldn't this be a battery problem? Not the laptop's battery but there is another battery on the motherboard that is usually used to keep the clock going. Check the BIOS' clock settings while you're at it __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

08-24-2005, 10:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
freeload Done freeloading here Location: on my ass :) - Norway	A quick side-note. One of ther servers in our network was a little "late", so all our computers synced with this server every now and then during the day - No matter how often I corrected my "local" time, it was off again in a few minutes. Had to bug the tech.support for a while before they fixed it. __________________ The future ain't what it used to be.

08-24-2005, 05:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	sounds like the clock is just wildly inaccurate to me. Download D4 (Dimension 4) and set it to update every 15 minutes. It'll sync your boss's laptop to a known accurate (i.e. nuclear) clock as long as he's connected to the net.