I had the same problem a while ago & I had to re-install windows to overcome
it.

BTW did you know your CMOS needs a small amount of mains electricity to keep
the clock time, when we had a powercut last week, I could tell exactly how
long it was off!

Hope this helps somewhat!

John P

----- Original Message -----
From: George Parmenter <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 4:14 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Clock losing time


> Hi,
> I am wondering what it means that the clock in my system tray continues to
> lose time even though I changed the cmos battery only a short while ago.
It
> is losing time more slowly now than it did before I changed it but still
> falls behind about a minute each day.
> I have a Micron MME, 200 megahertz processor, 48 meg of ram, Diamond
> Stealth video card.
> Is it likely that I simply purchased a faulty battery or does it mean
> something more serious?
> Thanks in advance for any help regarding this.
> George
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