System clock gaining time

videobruce

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On a Epox 8-RDA the system clock is gaining time.
From day one I notice this was the case, but it was only over a number of weeks for example, that it would gain a minute or two.
It started to really gain time in a shorter period of time, say a week, by minutes. I checked the battery and the voltage was just over 3v which should of been ok. I changed it and back to the way it was orginally.

Now, the clock is gaining mainutes in just a few hours! I checked the battery again (after a year of changing it before) and it was down to just over 3v again. I changed it but it still gains time.
I discovered that it varies the amount it gains on how I use the computer (what programs I use and how often. Before anyone suggests, I ran a virus scan (twice) with up to date definations AND ran SpyBot AND AdAware all all is well.

The program that I synchronize the clock with is running now so I can monitor the clock and all is well of course!

I have another bootable HDD and I ran that about 50 minutes and it didn't gain time. That has XP on it. This drive has 2k w/sp2 (my normal 'C' drive). I can switch between drives to boot either one via a toggle switch. That ISN'T the problem as I have done this for years now.

Any ideas? I'm still monitoring to see what happens. Hope that made sense. I'm not sure if this is a H/W problem or S/W.
 

alzan

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Have you checked Microsoft's Knowledge Base to see if they have a patch or a workaround solution? I know they had that problem with Win98. I'm running W2K sp2 on an Asus A7V333 and have no time gains/losses.

It sounds like you covered all h/w possibilities. Do you run any of the same apps under XP that are causing the time gains under W2K?

alzan
 

videobruce

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XP was installed as a test for another problem. I don't like it or use it here. I do on a Laptop only because the Laptop isn't compatable with 2k in spite of HP's website that said it was!
I don't have any programs installed on the XP drive.

Update:
It appears to be gaining 6 seconds per minute untill Windows updates the RTC.