Puter clock

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Ok, now what causes the clock on the ol computer to loose time?<br /><br />I set it at 9 and at 12:18 it said 11:51.<br /><br />Now that is 27 minutes in 3 hours.<br />What gives?<br />Old age? <br />This is on a 4 year old puter.<br /><br />Thanks

 

[ob]

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Don't feel alone SBN.My computers clock runs two hours early.I reset it and when I turn it back on the next day it's back to two hours early.I'm sure I'm a computer retard but I don't know what to do to change it.I reset it and it reads right until I shut down the dang thing and the next time I turn it on ,it's exactly two hours early.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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That's just it ob, mine is never shut off and looses it.

 

[Dunaruna]

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Mine runs fast, doesn't really worry me. Here's a couple of links that might answer your question. Its a bit beyond me!<br /><br /> Test your clock <br /><br /> How do computer clocks work <br /><br />Aldo

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Originally posted by Dunaruna:<br /> Mine runs fast, doesn't really worry me. Here's a couple of links that might answer your question. Its a bit beyond me!<br /><br /> Test your clock <br /><br /> How do computer clocks work <br /><br />Aldo

Heck yea, that explained it all to me. <br />In Greek that is.

 

[flashback]

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Spinner, I have read somewhere that there is a battery that keeps the clock going and when this battery is on its last legs, the clock may slow down. take this with a grain of salt, as I am dumb when it comes to puters.......

 

[gsbodine]

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The clocks on x86 motherboards are notoriously bad. There is no good way to make your computer clock keep time correctly without syncing it to a real timekeeper occasionally using a network protocol specifically designed to do this (NTP). <br /><br />There are lots of freeware clients that do this for you (Non-Windows machines usually have them built-in on default installs), but I will warn you that many of them also have spyware attached. <br /><br />My favorite is a very small program offered for free from NIST (really the atomic clock people in Boulder). Here is the link to it: <br /> http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm <br />You can try others as well. Just let it set your computer clock occasionally and you will be about as accurate as you can be.

 

[Link]

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Originally posted by ob:<br /> Don't feel alone SBN.My computers clock runs two hours early.I reset it and when I turn it back on the next day it's back to two hours early.I'm sure I'm a computer retard but I don't know what to do to change it.I reset it and it reads right until I shut down the dang thing and the next time I turn it on ,it's exactly two hours early.

I'm not a puter guy... but have you checked what time zone your puter is set at? Since it only does it at boot up. Just a thought and probly not a very good one.

 

[Formula1974]

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thats the first thing I thought about also link since it is always 2 hours sounds like a time zone thing.

 

[SlowlySinking]

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST & WWV) provide on line automatic computer time calibration, check it out here<br /><br /> http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwv.html <br /><br />go to SERVICES and click on Computer Time, download the appropriate software and get going.

 

[mellowyellow]

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your lil' green buddies are messing with you SBN

 

[Link]

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^Bump^ Wondering if it really was the time zone.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Don't know what it was Link, it is now only 2 minutes slower than my other puter now.<br />Go figure.

 

[ob]

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Originally posted by Link:<br />

I'm not a puter guy... but have you checked what time zone your puter is set at? Since it only does it at boot up. Just a thought and probly not a very good one. [/QB][/quote]<br /><br />Well ,you're a puter guy now Link. My clock was on Pacific time.Duh... Didn't even know I could select a time zone.And,there was a bunch on the list.All is working fine now.Thanks a bunch,puter guy.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Just checked and it is only 1 minute behind my other one now.

 

[Link]

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OB:<br />It was Formula1974 who figured it out <br />OK Spinner then I'm throwing in with MY. It's your Lil' Green Buddies messing with ya and your puters clock decimal point!

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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It is 1 minute behind now so all is good again.<br /><br />I told them to quit messing with my mind like that.