System Time Slow

Greeny1994 · 3 Dec 2012 at 17:12

I have only just noticed that my system time is slow.
I have had my computer for about 2 months now but I suspect that the time has been slow for that time but I haven't noticed.
So, after booting up my desktop and laptop and synchronizing both with the internet time my desktop seems to run behind by a few seconds and this increases while I leave it.
Most noticeably the time difference was 2 minutes after watching a 1hr30 film on my desktop. I checked the time with my phone and both my phone and laptop times were near enough the same.
I can also tell a slight jump in my music every 2/3 mins, this may have nothing to do with it but I will throw it in there (using newest iTunes, same issue with old iTunes)
I am going to change my CMOS battery when I get a new one but HWMonitor is showing 3.07v and the clock seems to start off the same difference as when I turn it off so I will check this overnight.
Incase this isnt the problem does anyone have any other ideas why my clock is slow and getting slower.

Thanks

Rooster212 · 3 Dec 2012 at 23:16

Could be an issue with the CMOS battery. You might need to replace it. If that is the case then you'll have to write down all of your bios settings too, as taking the battery out will likely wipe them.

Buchanan0204 · 4 Dec 2012 at 00:48

Rooster212 said:
Could be an issue with the CMOS battery. You might need to replace it. If that is the case then you'll have to write down all of your bios settings too, as taking the battery out will likely wipe them.

Just save the profile, no need to write down settings.

Philtor · 4 Dec 2012 at 02:31

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Greeny1994 · 4 Dec 2012 at 16:46

Thanks for the replies.
I left my pc off overnight and immediately booted into bios. The system time was the same as my laptop.
Maybe an issue with windows 7 or pc under load.
I have a CR2025 battery lying round that is the same voltage as CR2032. it may not fit in the battery holder though.
I will back up my bios, see if the CR2025 fits and if not I will use the link @Philtor posted until I get a CR2032.
Looking at HW Monitor after leaving my PC on for a while does show the minimum battery voltage as 1.xxV/2.xxV so hopefully a new battery will solve my problems

Greeny1994 · 7 Dec 2012 at 12:04

Task scheduler throws up an error when I open it after I updated synchronise time settings from the guide posted in that link :/ and it looks like synchronise time has disappeared off it too

I'll see if I can get it fixed tonight

Greeny1994 · 7 Dec 2012 at 17:16

http://www.pretentiousname.com/timesync/index.html used this guide to add my time sync back again.

Still get the task scheduler error though. Any thoughts??

Greeny1994 · 7 Dec 2012 at 18:08

Fixed it

went to "C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows" and deleted time synchronization.