Clock Resetting - The Battery Dying?
Jul 17, 2005The calendar/clock keeps randomly resetting itself to 00:00, 1st January 2002.
It's extremely annoying - is the battery dying? Or is there another problem?
The calendar/clock keeps randomly resetting itself to 00:00, 1st January 2002.
It's extremely annoying - is the battery dying? Or is there another problem?
every once in a while i will notice that my pc clock is a few hours behind, the minute is almost always right, but even that will vary +/- 5 minutes or so. this isnt a huge problem, but i was wondering if it might be an indication that i need to install a new battery on my motherboard?
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Is it possible that the cmos battery has died ?
I really need help here .,even though I have this laptop I likemy desktop better
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