Computer Problem

[Cookiely]

Can anyone tell me why my computer clock loses time constantly. I have to reset it every few days.

[x-y-no]

Best answer is to set up an NTP client. What operating system are you running?

[alicia-w]

The battery on your mother board needs to be replaced. EASY thing to do!

[chadtm80]

The battery on your mother board needs to be replaced. EASY thing to do!

[WindRunner]

Now funny this should come up, I have the exact OPPOSITE problem. My clock gains time, and at a bad pace, too. I brought up the time setting thing (on XP), and clocked it doing 30 seconds for its time when it was really only 25 seconds. So, my clock gains about 10sec/min and I notice about 5-10mins/hr. I haven't changed my clock in 2 hours now, and it reads 2:12 as I type this, when it is only 1:50. This is rather annoying, as I have to force it to synch with the time.windows server or time.nist server every hour. I haven't found anything on the internet, excpet that when your clock is slow, you should replace the battery on the motherboard (the majority of the time, anyways). Any ideas here?

[chadtm80]

http://www.google.com/search?client=fir ... gle+Search

[Brent]

I'm having the same problem... for the past month, I've had to reset the clock on average 3 times a week because it's losing time. I've never changed a battery in the motherboard though.

[Cookiely]

Thanks everyone for their advice. Had no idea there was a battery. I might try resetting the time and shutting it down at night. See how that works out.