Windows time speeds up!

[Ilya D.]

For the past two days, my system time is speeding up. If
you open the clock you can actually see the seconds speed
up then pause then speed up. I am currently gaining
about 10-15 min an hour...Any ideas? I have seen this
issue in other forums but have yet to find a resolution.

AthlonXP 2600+
512mb Ram
Win XP

Thanks for any help.

 

[@drian]

For the past two days, my system time is speeding up. If
you open the clock you can actually see the seconds speed
up then pause then speed up. I am currently gaining
about 10-15 min an hour...Any ideas? I have seen this
issue in other forums but have yet to find a resolution.

AthlonXP 2600+
512mb Ram
Win XP

Considering XP gets its time from the PC BIOS, I would say the problem lies
on the motherboard. Maybe try flashing to the newest BIOS?

@drian.

 

[Wesley VogelX]

H.G. Wells has taken control of your computer. It's a time machine. ;o)

 

[Mack]

Could be the CMOS battery needs replacing, this is usually
the case if you are losing time, could be the same if
you're gaining tho..........

Mack

 

[Michael Hawes]

For the past two days, my system time is speeding up. If
you open the clock you can actually see the seconds speed
up then pause then speed up. I am currently gaining
about 10-15 min an hour...Any ideas? I have seen this
issue in other forums but have yet to find a resolution.

AthlonXP 2600+
512mb Ram
Win XP

No!, only at startup, the time is then calculated from an interrupt
timer at 60 'ticks' a second. It is most likely a software problem. Do you
have uptodate AV software? Do you run Adaware or Spybot?

Mike.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Considering XP gets its time from the PC BIOS, I would say the problem lies
on the motherboard. Maybe try flashing to the newest BIOS?

It only reads the start time from the BIOS clock when it boots. After
that it ignores the clock (except when you reset the time) and runs the
clock by counting timer interrupts, based on the oscillator driving the
main system bus (FSB). The clock rate will go wrong if the actual rate
of those is not the one the system expects. This problem seems to
happen quite often with Dell machines. Usually a steady rate of loss
like 10 minutes in an hour.

Another cause might be an over-clocking, pushing the FSB frequency up,
and hence reducing the interval

Try these steps:

1. Start->Run cmd.exe
2. net stop w32time
3. w32tm.exe /unregister
4. w32tm.exe /register
5. net start w32time

(note spellings w32tm and w32time in different commands)

 

[Alex Nichol]

Could be the CMOS battery needs replacing, this is usually
the case if you are losing time, could be the same if
you're gaining tho..........

No it is not. That will give you a wildly wrong time at boot - but has
no effect on the rate at which the windows clock runs after that