ASUS A7N8X Deluxe: Clock (watch) runs too fast!!

[Roman Cwienk]

Hello,

since a few weeks the internal clock (watch) of my mainboard runs. It is
about +3 seconds per minute wrong, so I always have a wrong time on my PC.
There have no changes made on the OS (XP Prof.). This problem is very
annoying at e.g. ebay auctions, because each time I have to correct the time
manually.

Is this a problem onthe mainboard or of Windows XP?

Does anyone know this proble an a suggestion for solving it?

Thanks,
Roman
Austria

 

[Homer]

Replace the cell on the mother board if the time is changing when the
computer is off. If it is doing it when the computer is on then I have seen
some programs in the past that do this, they alter timing on the board when
they are running. It may be a problem with the mother board but I would look
at the other items first.

Homer

 

[Roman Cwienk]

Replace the cell on the mother board if the time is changing when the
computer is off. If it is doing it when the computer is on then I have seen
some programs in the past that do this, they alter timing on the board when
they are running. It may be a problem with the mother board but I would look
at the other items first.

Thanks.

The problems appears only when XP is runnning. The battery is OK, I've
measured the voltage.
I alreday thought about a connection between this problem and some programs.
A lot of programs run on my PC.
If there is any list on the web, which says which programs can cause this
problem?

Best regards
Roman.

 

[Apollo]

Hello,

since a few weeks the internal clock (watch) of my mainboard runs. It
is
about +3 seconds per minute wrong, so I always have a wrong time on my
PC.
There have no changes made on the OS (XP Prof.). This problem is very
annoying at e.g. ebay auctions, because each time I have to correct
the time
manually.

Is this a problem onthe mainboard or of Windows XP?

Does anyone know this proble an a suggestion for solving it?

Hi

I've had this on 2 A7N8X dlx and 1 NF7-s, I believe it's hardware
related, but never got an answer or solution. With certain multipliers
they all keep time perfectly with others the time goes badly out, like
yours.

I gave up looking for an answer and now use Atomic Clock Sync;
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/

HTH

 

[Craig]

Hello,

since a few weeks the internal clock (watch) of my mainboard runs. It is
about +3 seconds per minute wrong, so I always have a wrong time on my PC.
There have no changes made on the OS (XP Prof.). This problem is very
annoying at e.g. ebay auctions, because each time I have to correct the
time
manually.

Is this a problem onthe mainboard or of Windows XP?

Does anyone know this proble an a suggestion for solving it?

Thanks,
Roman
Austria

Try changing your ntp time server in your clock setting to a different
server.
Are you on a broadband or a dial up internet connection?
Because you need a broadband internet connection to keep a constant
synchronizing
with the ntp time server. In other word dial up won't work in this case.
For a list of ntp time servers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q262680

Craig

 

[Paul]

Thanks.

The problems appears only when XP is runnning. The battery is OK, I've
measured the voltage.
I alreday thought about a connection between this problem and some programs.
A lot of programs run on my PC.
If there is any list on the web, which says which programs can cause this
problem?

Best regards
Roman.

There is a long thread on nforcershq forums about this. They tried
a number of solutions, and disabling APIC in BIOS is a solution
that works for some people. Disabling APIC is also a workaround
for problems in Linux (it could well be in the kernel code now
for all I know). I vaguely remember some mention of spurious
interrupts when APIC is enabled. (Note - I am not saying ACPI,
which is Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. It is OK
to use the ACPI HAL in Windows, as far as I know. APIC is
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller, and when APIC is
enabled in the BIOS, you'll see more than 16 IRQs in use by
Windows. When you disabled APIC in the BIOS, the Windows
allocation method will take the BIOS change into account,
and redistribute the IRQs to fit the reduced number space.)

It is too bad Nvidia doesn't publish errata for their
chipsets, so customers will know what to do.

See the quoted text in the fifth post down on this page.
If you have time, read the whole thread, as many people
spent time battling this problem. An alternate way to
try to solve the problem, is have a permanent Internet
connection and use NTP to resync the faulty clock.

http://nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19631&start=190

HTH,
Paul

 

[Muerta]

Hello,

since a few weeks the internal clock (watch) of my mainboard runs. It is
about +3 seconds per minute wrong, so I always have a wrong time on my PC.
There have no changes made on the OS (XP Prof.). This problem is very
annoying at e.g. ebay auctions, because each time I have to correct the
time
manually.

Is this a problem onthe mainboard or of Windows XP?

Does anyone know this proble an a suggestion for solving it?

Thanks,
Roman
Austria

Roman,

I used the same board and XP Pro when I did my current build.

Haunting the group at the time, I saw this problem posted, and it was
common.

The fix given at the time, was something about going into bios and disabling
spread spectrum. I did this on initial setup, and have never experienced a
problem with the clock.

Perhaps someone with better recollection than mine can add, but this may be
what you're looking for.

 

[Apollo]

I used the same board and XP Pro when I did my current build.

Haunting the group at the time, I saw this problem posted, and it was
common.

The fix given at the time, was something about going into bios and
disabling spread spectrum. I did this on initial setup, and have never
experienced a problem with the clock.

Perhaps someone with better recollection than mine can add, but this
may be what you're looking for.

I always disable that anyway, supposed to improve stability when
overclocking, and my clocks still out by a couple of seconds a minute.
I'm convinced it's linked to the cpu/fsb/multi timing somehow, as I said
at certain multi's the clocks run fine and at others it can go out by up
to 5 mins / hour.

Running at 11.5 x 220 at the moment and getting about +16 seconds an
hour.

 

[Gonçalo]

Also the same problem. Solution: Shutdown the PC and disconnect from all
sources of energy. Do it for 3/4 min, it should solve the problem. It
happens to me when the uptime is bigger than 50/60 days.