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Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 26 Apr 2012, 06:02 ---It may be worth setting it from the BIOS; it may be worth checking if there is a BIOS update that fixes a clock problem (or anything else). On a desktop, I'd say change the motherboard battery, but laptops rely on the main battery for the clock.
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Seconded. The BIOS is usually accessed from the mobo screen at the very start of bootup, usually F2, though it may be looking up the proper key for your system online.
Asterus:
Oh, that doesn't seem to be the problem. It's some sort of odd computer-amnesia, where the clock resets to some strange time every time it shuts down. Sometimes it goes back a few hours, sometimes it goes forward a few days. Even after syncing it online, it'll run slow or stop when in use. It really doesn't affect me much, besides telling me all of my gmail messages arrive 0 minutes ago.
Omega Entity:
Is the CMOS backed up by the laptop battery, or is it done with a watch battery like on a standard desktop?
Asterus:
Well, the solution appears to be unambiguous. Basically, reset BIOS every restart until the CMOS battery is changed.
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Toba:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 26 Apr 2012, 07:47 ---Because if they weren't, an entire industry of computer repair engineers would go out of business.
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Because all you people keep demanding they go faster and be better and making things simpler is way harder than making them get more complicated as they get more featureful, that's why.
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