Computer Clock keeps changing back and forth

John_Doe

this has gone on long enough. Suddenly it will say it's february 2002, then 2004 november. Time also changes. Not constantly, but often enough that if I sort my downloaded files by date, I get quite a mixture.

Very anoying. Whatever could be the cause?

oh yeah, it started happening after a re-install of windows xp(upgrade, not fresh).

satan · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:28 am **Post subject:**

Do a complete Reinstall.

Otherwise, replace the MB battery.
Reset the CMOS.

Also could be a virus.

karstmobile · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:46 am **Post subject:**

satan wrote:

Do a complete Reinstall.

Otherwise, replace the MD battery.
Reset the CMOS.

Also could be a virus.

I side with satan. :mrgreen:

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:01 pm **Post subject:**

I had a problem like this were my cmos was always resetting and giving me errors on boot-up!

I changed the battery and everything was fine!

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:16 pm **Post subject:**

I too would reccommend changing the cmos battery, some weird shit happens when the battery is dead.

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:52 pm **Post subject:**

Nehhhhh.......if a cmos battery bites it it bites it.....doesn't regain midway only to pick a random date.....

Either it's a virus/trojan.......or some piss poor crack from some software you recently installed.....

Either way you'll be having a nice day :mrgreen:

John_Doe · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:47 pm **Post subject:**

but it's a brand new mainboard. 1 month old...

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 7:02 pm **Post subject:**

yeah but they are manufactured by scrubbers in some 3rd world country, so give it a try anyways.

Otherwise --> faulty CMOS. You tried updating ur BIOS?

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 9:40 pm **Post subject:**

John_Doe wrote:

but it's a brand new mainboard. 1 month old...

ah,motherboard driver it is then - check the brand's website 4 updates...

d0c · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2003 11:26 pm **Post subject:**

ohgodnotanotherone wrote:

John_Doe wrote:

but it's a brand new mainboard. 1 month old...

ah,motherboard driver it is then - check the brand's website 4 updates...

what about the virus theory???

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:13 am **Post subject:**

motherboard viruses were wiped out in the great system wars of 1877. They didn't have systems back then I hear you cry?

Quote:

Time also changes. Not constantly, but often enough

There you have it. I rest my case (under my bed)

wargand · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:39 am **Post subject:**

ohgodnotanotherone wrote:

.......or some piss poor crack from some software you recently installed.....

He said so:

John_Doe wrote:

oh yeah, it started happening after a re-install of windows xp(upgrade, not fresh).

satan · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:44 am **Post subject:**

John, I've read about Tons of people using an Infected copy of XP, so maybe you're just installing a virus with windows and not even knowing it.?

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:31 pm **Post subject:**

eh,
i try to think up some causes that nobody else put, these are if nothing else worked(i would guess low battery),

it could be a virus, not on the motherboard/cmos/etc, but one that hijacks the syncronize time from the windows time webpage. hijackers seem popular.

i'd guess low battery, but something i noticed effects the clock are constant high cpu. if your going at 100% consistently for hours that could effect your clock. old edonkey would do it to mine.

if you got a vbs virus going on in ram it could mess your time up.

if its suddenly a lot colder or hotter season in your country the expansion/contraction of your circuitboard may do it. probably unlikely, unless you notice the timefuck ups at certain times(in the morning its usually cold out, so the board contracts). little microcracks happen to the solder'ed connections.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:10 pm **Post subject:**

is anyone in this thread not making some bullshit up to post a response?

:mrgreen:

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:42 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

is anyone in this thread not making some bullshit up to post a response?

:mrgreen:

You stink

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:47 pm **Post subject:**

is it sync'ing with yr microwave cooker? i know the clock on mine is always wrong

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:23 pm **Post subject:**

eh?
the ones i posted are possible, though probably not likely. like when your dog eats your homework, it can happen.

wich do you think is bullshit?

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:25 pm **Post subject:**

hehe, c'mon! are any of my responses wrong? they sound a bit odd, i know, but they are possible and not at all bullshit.
eh, i still wonder that so many people thought my disc scan/defrag once a month thing was all wrong, but i still think it was right and do it my way with good results.
still, i am interested that i may be wrong, i would just like to know. If i am wrong about this, i may be wrong about other things, though nothing could ever convince me about what a good actor david hasselhoff is, or that he is actually a human, not just the creation of an insane mtv committee.

:eatthis:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:40 am **Post subject:**

come on monkey they are complete bull. :mrgreen:

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