time & date settings

[marshall]

The time and dateeetings keep reverting to 2007, and incorrect time.
I reset it, and it stays that way until I shutdown. On reboot the time and
date revert to the incorrect values.
Any suggestions as to why this happens? Is there a way to keep the clock
and/or date correct?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Thomas Wendell]

Your computer's CMOS battery has run out of power and needs to be replaced.
It means taking the computer apart, locating the battery (usually a CR2032
lithium battery) and replace..

 

[Dominic Payer]

If all your BIOS settings revert to defaults, the motherboard battery
(usually a CR2032) has run down and needs to be replaced.

If only the time reverts, the clock chip on the motherboard has failed
and you need a new motherboard unless you are prepared to reset the time
each time you boot.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

William,

Life is short.
Stop worrying about someone's CLOCK, if that someone is telling you his
clock is correct and he has an Master's degree & has done PhD work, an dso
on, and on, why do you keep reminding that SMART person how to setupo clock
when it is clearly an ISP issue?
Internet provider is not transmitting Time correctly, MAYBE.
Or you imagining something.

His clock is correct.
Give it a rest.

Are you people taking proper account of relativistic effects?

 

[Dianna Saville]

The time and dateeetings keep reverting to 2007, and incorrect time.
I reset it, and it stays that way until I shutdown. On reboot the time and
date revert to the incorrect values.
Any suggestions as to why this happens? Is there a way to keep the clock
and/or date correct?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

usually this is because of a faulty battery that stores your cmos. try
having a new battery instaloled on the motherboard. the battery's voltage
must be correct for your motherboard, it can be done by the user, but a
computer store could easily change it.

 

[Bill Leary]

The standard answer would be that the CMOS battery has failed. But there
are other possibilities.

So, how old is the machine? And did it ever work correctly?

- Bill

 

[marshall]

Thanks for the info. However, I discovered that it was one program,
aivreminder, that caused the clock to revert to 2007. Since uninstalling
it, the clock has been fine.