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Strange times (W95)

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by blackcurrant

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Hi

I have a computer on the company network that keeps time whilst it is switched on. Turn it off overnight, and turn it on again in the morning and according to the display the computer has not actually been switched off - it displays the same time that was shown just before it was switched off!

Does anyone know what may be causing this and how it might be resolved? I don't think the CMOS battery has died because the BIOS would be blank, also the system would prompt the user for the correct time and date, which does not occur...

Any help will be gratefully received.

Thanks

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by azraelissime

The battery may not be dead by now but that's the first sign... Normaly, the battery life time is between 2 and 4 years.

by jereg

It does sound like the battery. Look at it this way, it takes almost no power to save BIOS settings, but the clock requires input every second. I agree with answer 1. Eratic clock performance is usually the first sign that the battery is dying.
Hope that helps.

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