Hey as of lately (ever since loading a different/older version of XP) which I got from TPB my computer has not been keeping time. This is very very annoying with some programs that use the computers time for various things.
I've done a little searching on Google and such, and a lot of what I’ve come across points to it being a bad RTC battery... however I’m still not convinced. Most of what I've read says that when the RTC battery is bad that bios will loose its user defined settings (and revert back to default), or at the least reset the clock in bios/windows, or flash some sort of warning at start up. I have had NONE of these issues. All my bios settings stay how I set them. Windows clock does NOT reset, and I get NO warning what so ever...yet the clock does not keep time.
I've tried unselecting the "auto sync to internet time server" option and reselecting it and it makes no difference. I will reset the time manual, and click "apply" then sit and literally watch the seconds tick away for like 5 minutes and it seems to be working fine .... then I’ll check back 3,4,5 hours later and it will be way slow. and then 2,3,4 days later it will be stuck back on the day that I last manually changed it...although sometimes the seconds get "hung up" for maybe 2 seconds, it’s nowhere near enough to account for missing whole days. Then I'll go back in the clock again and besides those occasional "hang ups" I just mentioned it will seem fine again.. even though the clock is now days behind.
I don't wanna replace the battery unless I'm absolutely sure that is the cause of the issue as they cost $35-50 which is ridiculous. My laptop (Sony Vaio, VGN-FE770G) uses the type where it is like 2 button cell batteries shrink wrapped together with 2 wires coming out using a generic plastic 2-pin connector. I also don't know why its so expensive, there are some on eBay for $6 but it doesn't list my model as a compatible model even though they look identical and have the same listed specs, such as V & mAH
I've done a little searching on Google and such, and a lot of what I’ve come across points to it being a bad RTC battery... however I’m still not convinced. Most of what I've read says that when the RTC battery is bad that bios will loose its user defined settings (and revert back to default), or at the least reset the clock in bios/windows, or flash some sort of warning at start up. I have had NONE of these issues. All my bios settings stay how I set them. Windows clock does NOT reset, and I get NO warning what so ever...yet the clock does not keep time.
I've tried unselecting the "auto sync to internet time server" option and reselecting it and it makes no difference. I will reset the time manual, and click "apply" then sit and literally watch the seconds tick away for like 5 minutes and it seems to be working fine .... then I’ll check back 3,4,5 hours later and it will be way slow. and then 2,3,4 days later it will be stuck back on the day that I last manually changed it...although sometimes the seconds get "hung up" for maybe 2 seconds, it’s nowhere near enough to account for missing whole days. Then I'll go back in the clock again and besides those occasional "hang ups" I just mentioned it will seem fine again.. even though the clock is now days behind.
I don't wanna replace the battery unless I'm absolutely sure that is the cause of the issue as they cost $35-50 which is ridiculous. My laptop (Sony Vaio, VGN-FE770G) uses the type where it is like 2 button cell batteries shrink wrapped together with 2 wires coming out using a generic plastic 2-pin connector. I also don't know why its so expensive, there are some on eBay for $6 but it doesn't list my model as a compatible model even though they look identical and have the same listed specs, such as V & mAH
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