Computer Question

[snoozing]

It seems silly but my Computer loses time. The clock in the lower right hand corner drives me nuts (short trip) because I will have a conference call or somehting and suddely realize I am late because I'm watching the computer time. It does not do it consistently. I'll set it and it is fine for a couple of days and i'll forget about it then I'll notice it is wrong again.

Any ideas or suggestions. Computer is only a year old and works great.

Thanks,
Bill

 

[goofy]

new battery for the clock?

 

[Juice]

goofy's wright, sounds like a battery problem. Might want to check the time in your BIOS settings also.

 

[snoozing]

Goofy, thanks - I did not know it even had a battery. Will check into it.

Bill

 

[kaoboy]

snoozing,

Changing the battery will help, but computers
do not keep accurate time because of their
"clocking speed".
In order for it to keep up on a 24hr. timebase it would need to have a clocking
speed of at least 1 gigahertz using what
is called a "divide by" circuit to keep
the time.
Computers do not have a dedicated circuit to
do this. If you use the computer to keep time, do a weekly time check.
Better yet, get a watch or desk clock.