Computer clock gains time

Question

I have never seen this one before. I have to keep resetting the clock on my computer because it gains time. Anyone ever have this problem or know how to fix it?

mombodog · Answer

Are you using debugging software? These are the only hits I could find on google

http://qc.borland.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=4262

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4814012

I have also heard but not confirmed that a low or bad cmos battery can cause this also.

niti · Answer

Hello!   Your computer's CMos battery is not working properly so, try the steps at : http://tinyurl.com/futkf     You will need to load the default settings for system BIOS or flash the BIOS.   The URL i have given you is from support.dell.com and if you try to search for 'system lose time' you will find the information on the web site

chuket · Answer

pcrannel Try this program and set the (update) interval to whatever you want. It sets your clock to atomic time: http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/

CCrusher · Answer

Now thats what you call overclocking :D

pcrannel · Answer

I'm not running any debugging software. I could see the battery being an issue if it was losing time. Mine is gaining though. I did find one reference to unchecking 'sync with internet' in the clock settings. I'll try that first and see if the problem is cured. It takes about a week to gain ten minutes. Thanks for the replies. I'll post agian to say if it's cured or not.

JRosenfeld · Answer

Googling a bit, I found that it may be caused by one or other program that you may have that is running in the background, but it is all rather vague. There is one KB article, that explains a possible cause if you are using ACPI power management, but does not give a practical fix, (unless you are writing your own programs)   http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821893   Another poster found that on his system it was a Bittorrent app, Azureus   http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/archive/topic/25949-1.html   People also suggest that maybe the CMOS battery on the PC needs replacing (but I doubt that would cause the time in Windows to run fast).   Are you using the date and time applet to synchronise to internet time? By default that is set to check every 7 days, but you can also manually update at any time.   Sorry I can't be of much help.

pcrannel · Answer

Unchecking the sync was the answer. Hasn't gained any time since.

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Computer clock gains time

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