Time sucks

[swifty_morgan]

Have trouble keeping right time. Replaced battery 8 times. Bios ( TIME ) won't stay, most of the time it won't do auto sync from desk top. DAY and DATE stay correct. ONLY time keeps messing up. XP-Pro 64bit.... Gigabyte MA785G-US2H.......wudup ?

ignore the " FIC"....... had to chose something or it wouldn't post.

 

[wiinippongamer]

Tried updating the BIOS to latest version?

Also try setting everything to default settings in BIOS in case you've been doing some OC or tweaking or something.

 

[swifty_morgan]

Had the latest BIOS. "down" graded to F11. Not the problem. No over clocking.

 

[wiinippongamer]

Does it happen only within the os( like the winxp time gets reset) or also in the BIOS gets reset?

Have a read here: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000386.htm

See if disabling Cool n' Quiet from BIOS helps.

It could be software related, though very unlikely, but technically a program (malware?) can get to reset or manipulate BIOS settings, so try doing a clean install as last hope

 

[swifty_morgan]

pulled the new battery and walked away for a while. came back in ( forgetting about battery ) started machine and did my stuff. ran fine after setting stuff up again. realized I left out battery. shut down, put battery back in, restarted. been stable since. go figure...... one for the record books......... thanks for suggestions.

 

[cellphonebooster]

Its too much irritating to wait...