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Clock on PC is fast

  • 04-04-2005 9:24am
    #1
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭


    Why is the clock in my PC running fast? It gets sometimes up to 10mins fast a week. The ayto update in win xp fixes it temp but the fastness comes back. Comp is less than a year old.

    Thanks
    007


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  • #2
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Is the clock in the BIOS set correctly?


  • #3
    bringitdown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭bringitdown


    All clocks on PC's are inaccurate, yours seems particularly but in general it is not a problem. If it is a problem for you, you need a utility to sync it with an authoritative clock like an NTP server / Atomic clock.

    Windows XP has feature called "Time Synchronization". Double-click on the time in the Taskbar to open the Date and Time Properties dialog box.

    The Date and Time dialog box has a new tab called Internet Time. Click to open the tab, and you'll see a box next to "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server:". Click on the Update Now button to synchronize the Windows clock.


  • #4
    Peteee
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,432 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peteee


    I told him overclocking was a bad idea!

    /me gets coat


  • #5
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Done all that, Is there anyway to make it happen automatically say once a day?


  • #6
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Grab yourself an NTP (Network Time Protocol) client. Most should have a feature to determine frequency of update.


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  • #7
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    i know ur clock slows down when the cmos battery is b0rked, would it have any effect in making ur clock fast? im not sure, just an idea.


  • #8
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    bringitdown wrote:
    All clocks on PC's are inaccurate
    Basically that's it. A crap watch costing a fiver will keep better time than a PC costing five grand. Until you synchronise your time over the net as people have mentioned.


  • #9
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Also, does it seem to happen spontaneously or does it creep higher as the week goes on?

    If it's the former, you may want to check out little hands resetting the system time to what they think it is (or to drive you mad!).


  • #10
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    seamus wrote:
    Also, does it seem to happen spontaneously or does it creep higher as the week goes on?

    If it's the former, you may want to check out little hands resetting the system time to what they think it is (or to drive you mad!).
    Tends to creep during the week. I have installed atomic clock sync and I shall see where that takes me.


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