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Article #1249Re: PC clock
From: Ken Blake
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:08
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:08
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In news:92b7b502.0211110903.6b3d73a4@posting.google.com, Alex Cory wrote: >> The clock on one of my machines is running slow. The machine is on >> all the time and I have replaced the BIOS battery. >> >> Any ideas? > > You have to ways to fix this problem: > > 1) Buy a new motherboard (quite expensive and doesn't guarantee the > result because the clock on the new board may be slow too). > 2) Download one of the time synchronization programs. This will keep > your clock correct. I can recommend Chronograph Neither of these ways fix the problem. The second one just ignores it and works around it. And the first "solution may not work at all, if the problem is a software one, which is very likely. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup
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