iPAQ can't keep time correctly?????????

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Have you set ActiveSync to synchronize the time each time you dock your
iPaq?

If you are not familar with this, go into ActiveSync, click Tools>Options.
On the Sync Options tab, there is a check box under the items to be
synchronized that will have your PPC sync with your PCs clock.

Hope this helps,

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"Stealth" <stealth@youllneverfindme.com> wrote in message
news:Eqp0e.175870$FM3.147220@fed1read02...
> My iPAQ 2200 can't seem to maintain time correctly. I've done all the
> suggested things from folks here as well as at HP: soft reset, hard reset,
> ROM 1.1, remove 3rd party apps, check time zones on my PC and Pocket PC,
> etc.
>
> HP now says there MAY be a hardware problem and that I need to send the
> unit in for potential repair/replacement but this is the 4th iPAQ I've had
> that they've replaced for the same reason.
>
> Has anyone ever figured out a way to keep time accurately on an iPAQ?
> Mine loses anywhere from 2o minutes for 6 hours a day (when undocked of
> course...)
>
> TIA---
>
>

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In article <MPG.1cad44de8fc7a7d09896be@msnews.microsoft.com>,
keithr3@NOJUNKclear.net says...
> In article <Eqp0e.175870$FM3.147220@fed1read02>,
> stealth@youllneverfindme.com says...
> > My iPAQ 2200 can't seem to maintain time correctly. I've done all the
> > suggested things from folks here as well as at HP: soft reset, hard reset,
> > ROM 1.1, remove 3rd party apps, check time zones on my PC and Pocket PC,
> > etc.
> >
> > HP now says there MAY be a hardware problem and that I need to send the unit
> > in for potential repair/replacement but this is the 4th iPAQ I've had that
> > they've replaced for the same reason.
>
> The 4th iPaq that is doing that for you? Did HP say whether anyone else
> is having the same problems?

Answering my own question. It appears there are others, see (mind the
word wrap):
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service [...] eadId=5117
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>Has anyone ever figured out a way to keep time accurately on an iPAQ?
>Mine loses anywhere from 2o minutes for 6 hours a day (when undocked
>of course...)

Make sure that you don't soft reset it while it is off. This can cause
the time to jump back to the point when you last turned it off.

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