Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 On my computer I have to manually change the time every day, this is becoming a pain in the a$$ when I go to adjust date and time I go to internet time it shows that I am currently using this time.windows.com every time I reset my computer screen clock by the next morning it is running anywhere from 1/2 hour to a full hour ahead, is there any way to correct this, so when the show season starts my show doesn't start at 4 pm and end at 9 because of clicky computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Just a shot in the dark here, how old is the on board battery??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 shfr26 wrote: Just a shot in the dark here, how old is the on board battery???You know I heard that before Pete, I have no idea, I don't even know where to look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 It looks like a watch battery on the mother board, should be easy to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 shfr26 wrote: It looks like a watch battery on the mother board, should be easy to find.What is the mother board and where do find her?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Bottom left corner sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 shfr26 wrote: Bottom left corner sirlooks like a job for my computer guy thanks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Just take the side cover off, take the battery out and replace with a new. It's so easy, even I can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 shfr26 wrote: Just take the side cover off, take the battery out and replace with a new. It's so easy, even I can do it.Pete I have fat fingers picture my hands with cucumbers for fingers I don't do well with small screws they seem to fall out of my hands a lot I do remember somebody from last year mentioned the battery I chose to reset the clock everyday but I am going to get this fixed this week thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I would be willing to bet that with solve your computer problem. I will even bet you the lights that I'm gonna win from Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 shfr26 wrote: I would be willing to bet that with solve your computer problem. I will even bet you the lights that I'm gonna win from Jim!your on, we have nothing to lose with a bet like this, if you win the lights and it works you keep em, if I win the lights and it works I send em to you, if niether of us win the lights and it works at least I get my computer back LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I don't want to "alarm" you,(inside joke just for you), but every now and then, I almost know what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 shfr26 wrote: I don't want to "alarm" you,(inside joke just for you), but every now and then, I almost know what I'm talking about.LOL love it, you sound like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 If you can change a watch battery then you can change the battery in your computer. It is the round silver large watch-type batter located in the bottom left of the picture of a motherboard above. These aren't special batteries--can find these batteries in the watch section at local walmart etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 A question and a statement. Do you leave your computer on all of the time? Or are you turning it off at night?Now here is what I have seen when the CMOS (watch) battery goes bad. Usually the date and time get reset to either like 1900 or 2001. I have never seen a computer gain time when the battery is bad. Now if the computer is left on over night and it is gaining time. Then something is seriously wrong with the clock chip. And I have never seen this happen in all of the years I have been messing with computers (think back to the timex/sinclair which was before the first IBM PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Don Gillespie wrote: shfr26 wrote: It looks like a watch battery on the mother board, should be easy to find.What is the mother board and where do find her??This reference manual might help..:cool:But seriously, to echo what Max-Paul is saying...I've always seen the battery issue cause CMOS settings to be forgotten, not cause the time to drift that far off, especially if the computer is left on all the time.Don, do you see the time slowly drift thru the day? Or does it seem to jump ahead during the night?Might be worth trying another internet time source...just as a test. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Saul Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Don, What OS are you on?The battery will not make it loose time like that, DonFL is correct.Just for the hell of it, you should download Malwarebytes.http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Malwarebytes-AntiMalware/1186760019/1Install it, after the install finishes leave the boxes checked to update and run. When the program opens it asks if you want to try the active protection, say no, then do a full scan. When it finishes remove anything it finds, and post back how many things there were.This way we rule out virus / malware issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Max-Paul wrote: A question and a statement. Do you leave your computer on all of the time? Or are you turning it off at night?Now here is what I have seen when the CMOS (watch) battery goes bad. Usually the date and time get reset to either like 1900 or 2001. I have never seen a computer gain time when the battery is bad. Now if the computer is left on over night and it is gaining time. Then something is seriously wrong with the clock chip. And I have never seen this happen in all of the years I have been messing with computers (think back to the timex/sinclair which was before the first IBM PC.Answer to the first question is yes we leave the computer on all night the only time we shut it down is when we are going away.the date always seems fine it is just the time that changesDonFl wroteDon, do you see the time slowly drift thru the day? Or does it seem to jump ahead during the night? a little of both the clock just seems fastMight be worth trying another internet time source...just as a test. I have tried another internet time source seems to be the same result might have to ask about the clock chip and see if that will fix the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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