Re: wants to know

From: Mack (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:46:28 -0700

I would say it's definitely the battery. My (3 year old) PC
lost up to 8 hours time at one point. Changed the CMOS
battery and now all is fine!!

Mack

>-----Original Message-----
>Richie wrote:
>>Is anything else an issue when the clock on the PC is not
>>holding the time other than the battery which in my case
>>is 4 years old.
>
>
>The battery would be the issue if the time is not correct
when the
>computer is started.
>
>While the computer is running, and the clock loses time,
the issue
>would be any of those programs/activities that would
strain the system
>so as to come up short in CPU cycles to do the clock
updating - very
>busy system = possible time keeping problem.
>
>So, if it isn't the battery, it's whatever is straining
the system.
>.
>

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