Problem in saving the current time and date

[mach04]

Hello,
I am experiencing that my laptop can not recognize the current time and the date. Every time I turn it on it brings it back to a date in 2003. Besides that I need to press F2 to start entering to Windows XP.
I have no problem at all with my programs, besides that my Antivirus don't automatically updates the prgoram.
Any help appreicated.

 

[vacunita]

Looks like your BIOS battery is dying or dead, so it can't maintain enough power to let the BIOS store the normal settings, including date/time. Having to Press F2 may also mean it can't find any BIOS settings.

You'll need to replace the 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.

 

[Lemon13]

is the correct date/time set in bios?

M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA

 

[kjv1611]

If it's changing back to 2003 every time you turn the laptop on, then it's about 98% likely to be a bad CMOS battery. Or, of course it could be a problem with the laptop motherboard. The cheapest option will end up being the CMOS battery for sure.

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[mach04]

Thanks for the tips, I will replace the BIOS battery with a new one.
I have now had the net plugin in my laptop for 3 days and it seems that it has charged the BIOS battery, so I guess it must be due to the old BIOS battery.

 

[vacunita]

I have now had the net plugin in my laptop for 3 days and it seems that it has charged the BIOS battery,

not likely, As far as i know BIOS batteries are not rechargeable. Seems to me the connection to the net (if by net you mean the internet or office network) is letting the laptop update the time itself on start up from a Time server (usually a Microsoft feature).




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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.

 

[mscallisto]

Is far as I know, CMOS batteries are not rechargeable.

The BIOS settings are stored in memory called CMOS (Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor) and the CMOS battery
powers that memory where your time and date settings are stored along with a lot of other settings stuff.

When the battery dies you need to replace it or manually reset the time and date at each startup.

DoubleClick Date and Time icon in your control panel and view the internet time tab
Or
DoubleClick the date and time on your task bar.

sam

 

[626F62]

maybe you keep going back in time... are you sure its a PC and not a time machine?!?!

but seriously i agree with the previous posts

 

[mach04]

I have just replaced the old battery with a new one and after starting it came the same message again saying "CMOS settings wrong", and the time was set back to somewhere in 2003.
Does it need time to keep this information in the BIOS after changing the battery?

 

[mscallisto]

I believe you simply need to reset your time and date in the BIOS setup now.

CMOS should maintain the new date and time if the new battery is indeed good.

You may be able to set the time and date in windows from the task bar and I believe BIOS should adapt the new settings, can't remember but you may try.

sam

 

[mach04]

Everything is back into normal and the time is showing the right and current time and date as it used to. thanks to all answers.