"Folks,....my SYSTEM TRAY CLOCK doesn't hold time...help please!"

[DarkFudge2000]

Folks I got a wierd problem that has been going on now for the last month, I have an Overclocked PIII 550 to 793mhz and I have been running this PC now for about 8 months....however I just starting seeing that my system time in the lower right corner <on the system tray> doesnt hold the right time or date....its very wierd, I'll boot up my system and set my time and date and play all night and then SHUT DOWN my system at the end of the night and when I reboot the next evening, I'll notice the clock's time seems to read the previous night's time <about 1 or 2 hours after I shut down> and yesterday's date....it's as if the clock seems to keep the time correct for an hour or 2 after i shut down and then whammo, it just stops ticking. So I am forced to reset the date and time each day when I reboot system....All my other components and system settings seem to be working and saving fine....it only appears to be the date and time that needs readjusting each day....CAN ANYONE HELP ME...I'm feel like a MO MO!!

 

[Mem]

Try changing the CMOS battery on motherboard.

 

[AdamK47]

mofo not mo mo

 

[loogie]

the cmos battery is like a watch battery.

 

[HellHawk]

I have this problem too..however...mine varies and as the clock loses time more often, the system starts to physically lag too. I highly suspect mine is due to the fact that I fried my celery 300A by running it at 450 and 100+ degrees F for many, many months. Now I am forced to reboot every few hours or the system physically lags and the clock falls behind. Depends on how much I use the system too. If it sits idle for 8 hours, the clock might be off 10-15. If I am using it for a few hours, the clock will be off around 30 minutes sometimes.

 

[DarkFudge2000]

hmmmm......If the CMOS battery needs to be replaced, wouldn't all my other system settings be resetting too each time I turn my PC on and off like my BIOS PCI and all timing settings change??

Am I mistaken with this?

Also as for the lad who stated above that his celeron is almost fried and its physically lagging. I thought that overclocking was something that was fine and ISN'T short term damaging to the components but rather LONG term damaging by cutting in 1/2 the avg lifespan of a chip?......If this is the case then 8 months lifespan seems pretty short term.

I also had a problem with another PC that had a Celeron 300a in it and I had it clocked to 450 and it seemed to kinda die and will no longer boot up clocked at 450 any more....now it only boots at 300 MHZ....is that wierd?....what did I do fry the cache or something???

 

[JackMDS]

Each circuit on the Mobo sources different electrical current. In my experience, the first sign of declining battery is Clock (time) inaccuracies. The CMOS setting can stay much longer even with ?acid oozing? battery. You can find a battery in any Radio Shack.

 

[Buddha Bart]

Its usualy a CR2032 or CR2025 in case your wondering.

Also, keep in mind that things like standyby and powersaving features tend to fudget the windows clock. Download some shareware like AtomTime and just remember to sync your clock like once a week.

bart