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02-Jul-2009, 07:58 PM #1
laptop won't keep accurate time
My Toshiba Sattelite A135-S2276 won't keep accurate time even when plugged in to power. It is always at least a half hour off. Any ideas why?
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03-Jul-2009, 12:15 AM #2
Battery? or have you set your time zone?
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03-Jul-2009, 01:12 PM #3
If this happens with the laptop is running and the time slowly gets more inaccurate, it's probably a service that is interfering with the timer interrupt. If the time is correct as long as it's running, it's probably the battery that keeps the clock chip running.
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03-Jul-2009, 02:47 PM #4
Its probably the battery running out of juice. You can buy Clock Batteries for laptops for cheaps but it only serves as a temporary solution. What you can do is sync with a time server, its more accurate that a silicon vibrating till kingdom come. I sync mine with time.windows.com
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