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December 13th, 2005 15:00

computer clock

I got a new hard drive put in recently as the old one suddenly stopped working, and my computer's clock has been weird. I will set it to the right time, only to find in a couple of days it is suddenly 3 hours off. I set it back to the right time and in a few days, it's off again. Why is this? It is realyy annoying, especially the time when I thought it was 3 hours earlier than it really was and was nearly late for work.
 
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  • tonebalone

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    Posted December 13th, 2005 15:00

    Try going into the control panel, select date and time, and make sure the time zone matches the one you live in.
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    Posted December 13th, 2005 16:00

    It sounds like the battery is dying on the Motherboard. What computer is it?

    Terry

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    Posted December 13th, 2005 21:00

    It's an Inspiron 600m. The battery dying doesn't make much sense, I keep it plugged in pretty much all the time, and it's almost never unplugged long enough for the batter to die.

    ~A

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    Posted December 13th, 2005 21:00

    If it is set to the wrong time zone could that cause it to spontaneously reset?
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    Posted December 14th, 2005 05:00

    Have you tried the program "Fresh Diagnose"? It gives a complete breakdown on all problems in a machine.

    http://www.freshdiagnose.com
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    Posted December 14th, 2005 06:00

    You should also use the Dell Diagnostic program which should of been supplied with your computer. Otherwise you can download it from the Dell web site.

    Terry