Optiplex GX1 BIOS System Time is Flying

Question

I have a Optiplex GX1 with BIOS rev. A07.  Ihad the system sitting unplugged for months and decided to build it back up.  Everything was fine until I rebooted once and noticed that the system time in Windows showed the year to be 2029.  Ok so I reset the time in Windows.  I rebooted and noticed the message that the system time was not set.  I figured the battery was dead because it sat so long.  I replaced the battery and went into the BIOS setup.  The system time is counting up.  It is just flying through the hours, minutes and seconds like it is in a time warp.  What could be the problem.  I changed batteries and get the same result.  Please help!!!  Thanks in advance.

Wireless_00 · Answer

Oh yeah, I can't boot to a floppy or hard drive to update the BIOS.

speedstep · Answer

Stuck keyboard can do that.

Bad cmos battery.

Clear the NVRAM and try again.

I know what you mean. The seconds hands fly by as a blur and the minutes become seconds on the clock when you are in the setup screen in the bios.

Sconartoo · Answer

I am having the same problem. I noticed that once I upgraded to A10, the problem occurred. I went from A06 to A10. I'm going to try going back to A06 & see if that clears things up.

Have you had any other success with this?

Sconartoo · Answer

Before I backed up the bios to A06 from A10, I changed the battery. All is working fine now.

Wireless_00 · Answer

Oops!  Forgot to write back to this forum.  I rooted a few times and it stopped all by itself.  Everything has been running smooth since.  Thanks for everyones help.

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