I am having issues with my clock. It seems that everytime I close my laptop
the clock freezes in time. When it is open it also seems like it loses time.
I have to continually update it to get the correct time but if I close my
laptop or if my internet drops the signal, it stops working. Does anyone have
any helpful info on what is either wrong/what I can do to fix it?

Usually when a clock loses time, the motherboard battery need changing.

"jshann" <jshann@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am having issues with my clock. It seems that everytime I close my
> laptop
> the clock freezes in time. When it is open it also seems like it loses
> time.
> I have to continually update it to get the correct time but if I close my
> laptop or if my internet drops the signal, it stops working. Does anyone
> have
> any helpful info on what is either wrong/what I can do to fix it?

I had this last week.....on my tablet pc (xp) laptop. A cold boot solved the problem.

Not sure what caused it though.

> When the OS is not running then the CMOS battery is powering the clock and

> maintaining settings.

With respect, you've just repeated the same mistake. The CMOS battery
powers the clock ONLY when:

1/ The external power to the computer is switched off or removed

2/ (In the case of a laptop) the laptop battery is removed

Only then does the little button cell on the mobo take over. Whether the OS
is running or not isn't relevant.

Unfortunately, I can't explain the odd symptoms the OP is experiencing.
However, I seem to think that Windows does NOT use the mobo clock all the
time - I believe it keeps track of time internally. Presumably this is what
is malfunctioning. As damocles says, perhaps a cold boot will sort it out.

SteveT