laptop clock going fast

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Alex

Hi,

The clock in my laptop (an HP Compaq nx6125, AMD Turion 64 1.8GHz) is
gaining an extra hour or so every hour -- I set the time from the
network at 08:00 and by 09:00 the clock will show > 10:00. It does this
in Windows XP and in Linux, and also when the laptop is switched off
(including with the power cable and main battery removed). Would this
suggest a dodgy CMOS battery (it's rather a lot of work to remove the
battery so I don't want to change it unnecessarily if possible).

TIA,

Alex
 
One suggestion I thought of, is could it possibly be a virus or piec
of Spyware that keeps advancing the time on your laptop ? Tr
running both a virus scanner and spyware scanner see what it comes u
with
 
Hi,

The clock in my laptop (an HP Compaq nx6125, AMD Turion 64 1.8GHz) is
gaining an extra hour or so every hour -- I set the time from the
network at 08:00 and by 09:00 the clock will show > 10:00. It does this
in Windows XP and in Linux, and also when the laptop is switched off
(including with the power cable and main battery removed). Would this
suggest a dodgy CMOS battery (it's rather a lot of work to remove the
battery so I don't want to change it unnecessarily if possible).

TIA,

Alex
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More likely a daylight savings or time zone mismatch. How
about if you stop setting it from the network and just set
it and be done?
 
od2094 said:
One suggestion I thought of, is could it possibly be a virus or piece
of Spyware that keeps advancing the time on your laptop ? Try
running both a virus scanner and spyware scanner see what it comes up
with.
Click to expand...

It happens when I'm running Linux so I don't think it's that :(

Alex
 
kony said:
More likely a daylight savings or time zone mismatch. How
about if you stop setting it from the network and just set
it and be done?
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Setting from the network corrects the problem; time zone settings etc
are fine, and the difference in time is not exactly by an hour. I have
it set to use ntp in linux, but not Windows, and the problem affects
both OSes, so I'm pretty sure it is a hardware problem.
 
Setting from the network corrects the problem; time zone settings etc
are fine, and the difference in time is not exactly by an hour. I have
it set to use ntp in linux, but not Windows, and the problem affects
both OSes, so I'm pretty sure it is a hardware problem.
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Well there's a pretty easy way to test that, power on the
system and enter the bios. Set the time and don't boot the
OS, checking it an hour later. If it gains the extra hour
still it is hardware but if it doesn't, it had to be the
software instead.
 
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