Would it have anything to do with the hardware or just software issues?

It speeds up around about 4/5 mins each day

*edited title because I got it wrong*

your battery may be charged too much, pushing out more energy? I dunno hehe I don't know electric :p:P:P:P

cant ya tell it to synch with a time server?

It is set up to sync but only does it every one or two weeks so I manually do it each day.

why does the thread title say lose and the thread content say gain?


i had a pc do that years ago. nfi why.

do they use quartz crystal to measure time or some other dodgy method

last edited by Freewheelin at 14:52:33 26/Apr/07

ITS IT OVERCLOCEKD!!?!?!?
lozl

Most likely but we have only had the problem for the last 6 months or so

change motherboard battery
if result = 0
then
send motherboard away for warranty
if remaining warranty = 0
then
buy new motherboard
end of problem

NICE ALGORITHM MR HARDEWARE

Busted mobo probably, just set your time sync program to run every 30 minutes or something instead.

How are you able to adjust your time sync period?

maybe its not the computer, maybe the rest of the world is getting slower!!!$&@(#&@(&#(@&

OMG!)#$*!

How are you able to adjust your time sync period?

Depends which one your using, if it's the inbuilt XP one then follows these instructions at http://www.timetools.co.uk/support/windows-xp-ntp-time-server.htm

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NTPClient\SpecialPollInterval

Set this to the preiod in seconds that the Windows XP machine should poll the NTP server. A recommended value is 900 seconds which equates to every 15 minutes.

Then use these commands to set the NTP server;

C:\>net time /setsntp:TIMESERVER.COM.GOES.HERE
The command completed successfully.

C:\>net stop w32time && net start w32time
The Windows Time service is stopping.
The Windows Time service was stopped successfully.

The Windows Time service is starting.
The Windows Time service was started successfully.

thanks mongie, i was fairly proud of it myself :P

A dead or overvoltage battery isn't going to cause what you've described here. In fact being out by that kind of amount is very strange. Just like the other system clocks, a timer clock uses a piezoelectric crystal, which generates a wave based on how much pressure is exerted on it, not based on a voltage passed to it or anything like that. I don't know how much it would take to alter it by this kind of figure, but basically it would indicate too much pressure on the piezo.

The clocks I'm used to dealing with claim 1 thousandth of a second every 36 hours, used for basic motor sport. Of course, we use more accurate clocks as well in the higher grade equipment.

As said above, sync to an ntp server in the meantime. time.iinet.net.au, time.optusnet.com.au, time.telstra.com ... there's a good start. Please don't use tier 1 servers :P

I use NetTime syncing from oceania.pool.ntp.org. Free, open source.

Kat, Are you useing Azureus?

I used to have a similar problem with that POS program. Try using uTorrent instead if you are.

Azureus is running on this machine yes.
The ntp server we use is au.pool.ntp.org

What makes you think it is out by 4 minutes?

If the time is being reset by some software you are running and you check against the watch on your hand at the end of the day...

Then BAM! the time is out by 4 minutes, I'd say it has just run your program and your watch is wrong :)

But seriously if the crystal on your mobo is stuffed and you are gaining time over a day, I would not use that Motherboard for anything mission critical.

All types of unknown errors can creep into software with an unreliable internal clock, not to mention it runs the cycle of the CPU itself (well the use too run off the same crystal back in the day and assume it's the same today)...

So throw the mobo away and start again

Because everyday I go to pick up my daughter from school if I go by the computer clock I am 10/5 minutes early.

i'd suggest using something a bit more reliable as a measure rather then the time you pick your daughter up from school...

maybe

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=47

perhaps the computer is travelling close to the speed of light and bending the space time continuum

yeah my computer does this too ever since I got it, but it goes out by a maximum of about 4 minutes (as opposed to gaining steadily each day)

never was able to figure it out

simple answer: its f***ed

now answer me this, how does my analouge watch become an hour fast and make me go to work stupidly early? HEY? ANSWER ME THAT ONE!#!$

now answer me this, how does my analouge watch become an hour fast and make me go to work stupidly early? HEY? ANSWER ME THAT ONE!#!$

If we had DST then this wouldn't be a problem.

The actual length of one day is 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. So lets say one clock you're looking at uses a 24 hour convention, the other goes by the earth's actual rotation (though I guess that's a bit weird) then you could be out by about four minutes a day.

Kat cause it belongs to you and wants to die faster.

Please don't use tier 1 servers :P

why not? I use time-b.nist.gov because the internets told me to.

Anyone else recently had windows unable to sync with any time server at all? Mine stopped working a few months ago yet both my routers can sync, if I use a 3rd party program to sync it, it works but the built in POS xp one on all 3 of my computers failed.

now answer me this, how does my analouge watch become an hour fast and make me go to work stupidly early? HEY? ANSWER ME THAT ONE!#!$

because it relies on cogs & magnets & is a cheap pos? You overwound it if it's a wind up one? Your uncle drives a delorian?

edit: oh and, a certain speed hack for quake2 years ago used to f*** with your system clocks and after a bout of speed hacking the clock would be a few hours out.

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now answer me this, how does my analouge watch become an hour fast and make me go to work stupidly early? HEY? ANSWER ME THAT ONE!#!$

you got punk'd

Really enjoying these posts from the future.

It does it in my sleep... dirty in-sleep-fast-forward-watch-whisperers

maybe the clock is on a treadmill

or maybe your on a treadmill and the computer is running forward.

It will need the right air pressure.