Something is wrong with the internal clock on my Extensa 5620. The date jumps 3-4 years on re-
-starting the computer each morning. It use to be if I didn't use it for 2 to 3 days, now it seems to be every day. How do I fix this? Vista is the program. Thank you for any help or solution.
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Sure can. You'll probably need a CR2032 battery, and can pick one up at most any Wal-Mart stores. The difficulty, is getting to it, which will require removing the keyboard and a few other screws.
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I'm guessing your CMOS battery is probably going dead. The laptop was produced in 2008, so it's about 7 years old. It's not uncommon for this to happen.
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Phreakwars:
Can it be replaced?
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Sure can. You'll probably need a CR2032 battery, and can pick one up at most any Wal-Mart stores. The difficulty, is getting to it, which will require removing the keyboard and a few other screws.
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Phreakwars:
Thanks for your help!
Gene
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Phreakwars:
It just occurred to me that since an error message pops up when I try to synchronize the clock to internet time that something else besides/or in addition to the CMOS battery may be involved?
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What is the error message you are getting?
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"An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with X ." X is all of the available time services: time.windows.com, time.nw.nist.com, time.a.nist.com and one other service.
Question: if the CMOS battery is not replaced what other computer function would be lost besides the clock?
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Interesting. Do you by chance have McAffee installed? That might be blocking your time sync. Another thing you can try is this:
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The computer has always had Mcafee and it use to time sync fine. I don't think I want to disable Mcafee just to test the time sync.
( Will check out for another 10 hours; its getting late in my time zone. ) Thanks again.
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