Clock not keeping time

[Sandyo]

Please help
I have a new Gateway 350x laptop. I am having a problem
with the clock/time. It will not keep accurate time. I
have to keep going in to adjust the time. I've tried
both turning on and off the auto synchronization - no
luck.
Does anyone have any tips, ideas or fixes??

I am running ZoneAlarm firewall. I've looked for a
problem there - no luck either.
Please help

 

[Chris Lanier]

You need to replace your CMOS battery on the motherboard. Contact Gatewat
for more info.

 

[Torgeir Bakken]

I have a new Gateway 350x laptop. I am having a problem
with the clock/time. It will not keep accurate time. I
have to keep going in to adjust the time. I've tried
both turning on and off the auto synchronization - no
luck.
Does anyone have any tips, ideas or fixes??

Hi

try this and see if it helps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm /unregister [ignore error message]
4. w32tm /unregister
5. w32tm /register
6. net start w32time

 

[Ken Blake]

In

You need to replace your CMOS battery on the motherboard.

Not necessarily. Sandyo should note whether the clock goes wrong
while the computer isrunning or whether powered off. If ot's
while powered off, yes, it's very likely the battery. But if it's
while running, it can *not* be the battery.

 

[Ian A. White]

Please help
I have a new Gateway 350x laptop. I am having a problem
with the clock/time. It will not keep accurate time. I
have to keep going in to adjust the time. I've tried
both turning on and off the auto synchronization - no
luck.
Does anyone have any tips, ideas or fixes??

I am running ZoneAlarm firewall. I've looked for a
problem there - no luck either.

Firstly you need to establish which clock is not keeping time.

The motherboard clock is read at boot up to set a Windows clock. It is
the Windows clock that runs in the taskbar. If after there is a
significant time drift you reboot the system and the time returns to a
more correct time, then it is not the motherboard clock that is the
problem.

Because of the way computers work, fractions of a second are lost
regularly and this add up. Unfortunately the Windows auto
synchronization runs once every 2 weeks and this is not frequent enough.

Download and install a program called NetTime. This can be set to make
regular checks of time servers and update your Windows clock.