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Clock on computer is keeping time too fast!

FAST means gaining

Windows is the worse time keeper..

What programs are you running.. I had a lot of problem with windows time.. only because large excel files or matlab takes huge processing power.. my time can slow or advance by 2-3 minutes while loading and calculating sheets...

if you bring up the clock you can see it fall behind.. its not suppose to happen but it does...

 
Hi, The time/date displayed in the BIOS Setup is a Quartz Clock on the MB. When you boot up that time is transfered to a Software clock in the OS. Check both. The one that is 10 min off is the one in trouble. No MB clock keeps good time but 10 min is ridiculous. Over Clocking on some MB may have an effect.
Good Luck, Jim
 
This happened on my parents' computer. I just pulled the MB battery when it was off, waiting 20 secs then put it back. Solved the issue.
 
My dad was complaining his computer went 10 minutes slow after every restart. It was a Dell laptop... and sure enough I told him to check his Bios time, and Dell had set it 10 minutes slow. A little edit in the bios and his comp runs the proper time always now.
 
Windows is the worse time keeper..

What programs are you running.. I had a lot of problem with windows time.. only because large excel files or matlab takes huge processing power.. my time can slow or advance by 2-3 minutes while loading and calculating sheets...
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You do realize that every Mac user in the known universe will now quote that as another example of OSX being superior to Windows.
 
Originally posted by: spikespiegal
Windows is the worse time keeper..

What programs are you running.. I had a lot of problem with windows time.. only because large excel files or matlab takes huge processing power.. my time can slow or advance by 2-3 minutes while loading and calculating sheets...
Click to expand...

You do realize that every Mac user in the known universe will now quote that as another example of OSX being superior to Windows.
Click to expand...

I'm not a mac user, haven't used a mac since 1988, im a windows users. My time is sensitive as we send orders down to NYSE & AMEX, we need very precise time. We spend a lot of money on time sync, including software as Domain Time II and 300 dollar pci clock card for our servers http://www.atomictimeclock.com/clockcard.php

Read this article on time keeping. http://tf.nist.gov/service/pdf/computertime.pdf

The software clock is a poor timekeeper. Its timing uncertainty is limited by the
stability of the interrupt requests. Any change in the interrupt request rate causes the clock to gain or lose time. If you leave your computer turned on for long periods, the software clock might be off by large amounts, perhaps a minute or more for every day that the computer was left turned on. It's also possible for an ill-behaved software program to use the timer-counter for another purpose and change its interrupt rate. This could cause the clock to rapidly gain or lose time.

 
Since nobody else has mentioned it, I will. Try replacing the lithium battery on your motherboard. When they start to die, it is common for the system clock to lose/gain time.
 
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