Enlisting the Knowledge of Computer Wizards
I have a computer question for the computer savvy. My clock on the computer runs fast. Every few days, I find that the clock is ahead by like three minutes. Why is this?
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Does this happen EVERY 3 days??
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Well no, it's progressive. Like, on day one, it's ahead by say a minute. Day two, ahead by two, and day three ahead by three. Of course, that's taking into account that "day 0" is the day that I alter the clock back to proper time. Basically, it just runs fast, all the time.
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Mac or PC, and your operating system?
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I got the same problem. Computer clock is always fast. maybe not a minute a day, but probably 2 minutes a week.
I'm running Windows 2k, Asus mommyboard, dual amd cpu's. |
Just download a computer clock synchronising program and set it to run daily. Google will find one in your timezone.
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I am running XP on an Asus A7N8X with Athlon XP 2500+...
See, originally, I thought the computer determined the clock "speed" by the processor, like it was programed in, however that cannot be the case because when a person overclocks their system, the system time should not be affected. Thanks for the idea Andy. Back in the day, I used to use a program that updated my time according to the atomic clock in Boulder, CO. I will probably download something like htat, however it would still be interesting to find out why the clock runs fast. |
Yea... That is strange... I've never had that happen on any of my computers that I've worked on... However I remember it used to happen to some of my friend's computers... I used to just think it was their faults though because they were stupid :rolleyes: :D:D:D
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Hey, I have some measurable intelligence. |
It's funny that they can build CPU's to run at billions of cycles per second and yet they still can't build an accurate clock! :p
XP has built-in time synchronization. Double click on the time on your screen then select the Internet Time tab to see the settings. |
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Alright. Mine updates daily. That's kinda neat. I never knew it did that. Anyway, it was updating through Microsoft. Well, they saw an increase of attacks against them by 400% in the past year. There's a good chance they're not devoting enough time to telling the correct time (that sounds dumb, but you know). "Set 'er to communicate with the atomic clock, Uhura!" - Capt. Kirk advises Communications Officer Uhura. |
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most software i know of, have a good/bad idea... for correcting the time it took to get a reply... and adding that value to the time it receved... if it keeps happening, your computer clock will seem fast. Turn any auto-updater off for a week and see what happens... My experence.. I mite gain a few seconds every 6 months, no auto-updater |
Re: Enlisting the Knowledge of Computer Wizards
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Even if the motherboard is brand new, stocks and stocks and stocks of CR-2302's have been sitting around for decades. If it's that large of an issue, I'd suggest heading down to your local Radio Shack/Batteries Plus and snagging a new CR-2302. Should cost you all of $0.80. Its very easy to identify on the motherboard, it's a flat battery about the size of a quarter. |
Also sometimes its the real-time clock within the BIOS that goes bad. On some machines I have replaced the battery and it still did the same thing.
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