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"Rupert" <rupert.fennymore@R-E-M-O-V-Evirgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rupert
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/slowclock.html


Colin

In news:uspod8c6ct9vf0@corp.supernews.com, Rupert 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.


If the machine is on all the time, replacing the battery was
guaranteed not to help. The battery isn't in use while running,
and such a problem can not be the battery.

What kind of computer is it? If it's a Dell, and you're running
Windows XP, there's a known problem, and a fix on Dell's site.

-- 
Ken Blake
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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain.com> wrote in message
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> What kind of computer is it? If it's a Dell, and you're running
> Windows XP, there's a known problem, and a fix on Dell's site.

It's an OLD HP Vectra Pentium 200, running Windows 98 SE

"Colin" <losugar@(nospam)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/slowclock.html

The only application running in the background is Norton AV 5, and I'm
loathed to disable that - even just to see if that's the problem (which I
doubt).

I have however downloaded and installed AnalogX's free Atomic TimeSync
program as recommended by Alex on pcnineoneone.com - works well. It's not
exactly the most ideal solution (as it doesn't solve the underling problem)
but it's a nice little program. As too are all the other tools that AnalogX
offer.

Hi, Repert

> 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
(http://www.altrixsoft.com) There are freeware version and more
powerful snatdard version. I have been using it for two years and it
works good for me.

Best regards,
Alex Cory

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
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On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:40:14 -0000, "Rupert"
<rupert.fennymore@R-E-M-O-V-Evirgin.net> wrote:

>"Colin" <losugar@(nospam)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:aqio52$81a$1@venus.btinternet.com...
>
>> http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/slowclock.html
>
>The only application running in the background is Norton AV 5, and I'm
>loathed to disable that - even just to see if that's the problem (which I
>doubt).
>
>I have however downloaded and installed AnalogX's free Atomic TimeSync
>program as recommended by Alex on pcnineoneone.com - works well. It's not
>exactly the most ideal solution (as it doesn't solve the underling problem)
>but it's a nice little program. As too are all the other tools that AnalogX
>offer.
>
Norton AV has had problems before with time loss. Might want to look
at an alternative like AVG from www.grisoft.com Lately, I have not had
much luck or good things to say about Norton.

JT

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.
> 
> 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).

Please dont quit your day job. 

-- 
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Rupert wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rupert

  The crystals in PCs are crappy; any decent mechanical watch or clock
is superior.
  And i have yet seen any that run near OK, much less fast.
  It is easy to slow them down with a simple electronic addition, but a
b*tch to speed them up enough to be "decent".