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My clock display incorect time 1
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What remedies did you try?
Is your BIOS clock correctly set?
If its not it may possibly be a dying CMOS battery. Fixing that would require opening the PC, and replacing the CMOS battery with a known working one.
Other than that, is your desktop connecting to a time server to get its time?
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Is your BIOS clock correctly set?
If its not it may possibly be a dying CMOS battery. Fixing that would require opening the PC, and replacing the CMOS battery with a known working one.
Other than that, is your desktop connecting to a time server to get its time?
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
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Thanks mate .Let me know please if I can check CMOS battery state without opening PC housing.
Desktop is connected to a time server.Time Zone is correct.
On the net found this problem can be fixed changing Time Zone for a short time , then return to your previous correct Time zone.
Desktop is connected to a time server.Time Zone is correct.
On the net found this problem can be fixed changing Time Zone for a short time , then return to your previous correct Time zone.
Unless your BIOS has a battery meter you can check, you'll have to open the PC.
Without opening the PC, the basic check would be to go into BIOS setup and make a note of the time presented there, then turn it off for a little while, and turn it back on, if the time did not move forward to match the amount of time, or if the clock was reset to a strange time, you can be pretty confident its the CMOS battery.
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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Without opening the PC, the basic check would be to go into BIOS setup and make a note of the time presented there, then turn it off for a little while, and turn it back on, if the time did not move forward to match the amount of time, or if the clock was reset to a strange time, you can be pretty confident its the CMOS battery.
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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The only other possibility is that you have the time zone set improperly on both windows installations AND/OR you have missing windows updates that handle time corrections. Having these situations on TWO windows installations is unlikely however.
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I would say it is at the end, by the symptoms. Replacing the battery in a desktop PC is quite simple, its a regular button cell battery, all you need to do is remove it from its clip, and go to Radio shack to buy a replacement and then put the new on in. At 8 years old, any Warranty issues would be moot, so go ahead and open it up.
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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Also with time servers, the current time and date has to be roughly correct.
For example if your T&D is set to 13:27 3rd July 1997, it will not synch.
So change that battery, for very little cost, set the time manually, then do a forced synch.
Robert Wilensky:
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
For example if your T&D is set to 13:27 3rd July 1997, it will not synch.
So change that battery, for very little cost, set the time manually, then do a forced synch.
Robert Wilensky:
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
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Glad to hear
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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