Why does my laptop clock lose about 5 minutes a day?

Question

Why does my laptop clock lose about 5 minutes a day?

Answer 1

There is a battery inside that can be replaced and it controls the time and date. Replace the battery and your problem should be fixed.

Answer 2

you may restoration it by technique of staying up for 2 days instantly. when I grew to develop into sleep deprived my concepts replaced and now i will sleep at any time inspite of the cycle or maybe if i do not sleep adequate at nighttime, I received't awaken and be all aggravated the subsequent day. it is like if I reconfigured my brains. yet I usually bypass to mattress in morning or afternoon and then merely awaken on each occasion i want to, usually after 6 hours or 11. i did not waste a lot money on autos and mortgages, yet I placed it into lengthy-time period stocks, all of them went up and now i do not ought to artwork. it is reliable being a philanthropist. yet i am going to ought to get again to a on a daily basis sleep cycle. i'm gonna bypass vacationing. And scientists are reporting a phenomena of older little ones unable to sleep even in international places with out cutting-aspect instruments, with out internet or maybe television. there's a organic and organic function that keeps 17, 18, 19 3 hundred and sixty 5 days olds up overdue into the nighttime and its not one of the technologies accountable. it is how our brains artwork in spite of the indisputable fact that it is nonetheless a secret, they do no longer recognize precisely what takes position. it is no longer that not straightforward for me to bypass to sleep after experiencing sleep deprivation. Now my concepts "appreciates" sleep, so i will sleep at any time and stay conscious in the course of the day if i did not sleep adequate. yet apparently it is risky to mattress, so i am going to bypass paying for now to the mall and bypass to sleep. I wakened the day previous at 4pm. What day it really is? many circumstances i do not recognize at the same time as it is sunday or thursday and it would not honestly count number number. when I artwork, I also artwork on sundays. Marathoning also supplies me extra psychological skill to keep me conscious in the course of the day and it merely makes issues extra straight forward.

Answer 3

You can download ccleaner for free here: http://bit.ly/1Bk5V5C



First open CCleaner

Go to the Cleaner tab and you will be confronted by a very confusing lineup of checkboxes.

To make this brief, below is my recommended setup:

Under internet explorer check temporary internet files, cookies, and last download location. Most users don't really need this stuff. keep history and bookmarks unchecked, history is a maybe, but you don't want to lose bookmarked sites. You can normally leave Windows Explorer, System, and Advanced alone.

Run CCleaner and it will start deleting files.

afterward it will present you with a list of the files deleted, you really don't need to go through it as it will be several pages long.

The registry cleaner is recommended for slightly more advanced users. Use it after uninstalling programs as they will often leave behind incorrect registry entries.

If you decide to run Registry cleaner then review the items detected and always back up the registry (I keep a folder aside for this)

The Tools tab lets you uninstall programs and set startup programs. Why do you need this if Windows has all of these features? Especially with Vista Home Ed. The windows defender software explorer( startup programs) doesn't pick up some entries (however software explorer is easier to use).

Using CCleaner to uninstall programs and then check for leftover registry entries takes less time.

Under Options you can determine how CCleaner cleans your files. I leave this alone.

Answer 4

That is probably a bug in the soft ware y dont u check the update "time.windows.com" website is right in the update link in the adjust time and date in the system tray or in the control panel

Answer 5

yup thats right its the CMOS battery inside. its getting weaker.





it keeps time, even when the computer is off. it also holds some other settings for BIOS but they should hold until the batter completely dies.



(its possible the above answer could help too, but I'm still thinking its the battery)



just open and replace.



they look like this http://www.jkg.in/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cmos_battery.jpg

http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/163/LRCorner.jpg



what kind of laptop do you have?

ah yes.

Dell Inspiron 1501

looks like this underneath?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/440396406_a27122d895.jpg



hmmmm. this could be very hard.





this is what the motherboard looks like and the battery is the silver thing being held by the beige bracket.

http://www.laptopking.com/boards/959468.jpg





I'm not sure which compartment to open. I can't find any pages on how to do it so I'm trying to compare pictures I can find.



perhaps just try unscrewing each compartment underneath, one at a time and see if the battery is easy to get to through one of them.

techeon is correct. opening the whole thing is a VERY BIG PAIN and I myself would be hesitant to do so...... but removing covers for the compartments is not hard)





techeon_podcast

(it could very well be the battery. I've replaced two in my systems (not laptops) because of lost time (it fixed both) and they are constantly connected to the wall for power......... if your logic is correct, then they should NEVER loose time since they always have a power supply.)



quote from google.



"The CMOS battery in most Dell laptops last about two years. If the voltage on the battery drops below 3V, the machine will start losing time/date"



p.s. I turn off the automatic time syncing with servers after they changed the days we apply daylight savings time.... the servers would set my clock on the wrong days.





hmmmmmmmmmmmm. interesting

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=574882





http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000239.htm

"If your computer is losing its time or date settings, or you are receiving a message CMOS Read Error, CMOS checksum error, or CMOS Battery Failure, first attempt to leave the computer on for 24 hours. In some cases this can charge the battery and resolve your issue. This often resolves CMOS battery related issues when a computer has been left off for several months."

Answer 6

I had the same problem for the longest time with my computer! I finally fixed it by clicking on the actual time down in the corner, then a "date and times properties" box comes up. Click on the "Internet time" and check the box to automatically update. Mine was set to update through windows.com. There was another option though, "time.nist.gov". I set it on that an no more problem. Hope it works for you.

Answer 7

Inside your computer, there is a battery in the motherboard that can be replace. that should fix the problem

Answer 8

Seriously. Its not the battery.



If it was the battery then your time would be wrong. It wouldn't "slow down." Plus chances are the laptop isn't that old to have to replace the battery. (over 4 years?)



Also, the battery inside your computer only keeps the time if you take out your laptop battery and unplug the computer otherwise your main battery is used.



Either way, it doesn't get slower.



Turn on automatic time syncing like suggested above and use a time server like http://time.apple.com or something. There are also programs that use about 18K of memory and sit in your system tray and automatically syncs the time several times a day.



Also, this is a long shot, but some recent spyware and such have a symptom of changing the system time. Might be something also looking into.



If you have any other questions please ask. Might be worth trying all of this before you decide to open your laptop (usually a huge pain).



UPDATE:

Both windows system time and the CMOS time are horrible at keeping time. Your time can slow down as much as 1 minute an hour in windows during heavy use of the computer. When your computer boots windows will check its time against the CMOS time. Both suck. Also, windows syncs only once a week with its time server which also sucks. Microsoft's time server has been tested to be off as much as 9 minutes before. The only really way to be sure is to use a third party software to sync.



Yes for some reason windows doesn't sync sometimes if the computer is off or is being used during the nightly maintenance. Though it should technically realize it hasn't sync and do so.



The time it usually performs maintenance is around 2am so if your computer is being used or is off it might skip that. Sometimes it still does it in the background around 2am if you are using your computer, but sometimes not. I'm not sure what the criteria is for this and most agree that its a mystery. Its possible to force the nightly maintenance to be done, but thats another topic and really is overkill and according to PC World's tests it probably won't sync the time anyway.



I've used Time Synchronizer before

http://www.mytoolpad.com/open/timesync/

It is free and works really well.

You can set it to sync with NIST.



PC World seems to agree.



Yes, I've had the battery issue before, but slowing time really makes me think its the windows issue. If the battery is failing to provide enough power your CMOS time would normally reset not slow down. I don't think windows has the authority level to change the cmos time.