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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:50 PM
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Quick and easy PC question.
I've noticed that my PC doesn't keep very good time recently. I'm losing about a minute or two every day. Do I need to replace that little battery that I see attached to the motherboard, or is there some other quick fix?

Thanks in advance, ya Poindexters.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:51 PM
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1. Yup, the first thing I'd try is that battery.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:51 PM
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2. Hmmm... I doubt it's the internal battery.
I had that happen on my old desktop PC, and it got worse and worse. Turned out to be spyware. Do a good sweep for ads and spyware, and reboot.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:57 PM
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4. I did a sweep two days ago. No problems there.
My computer is about four years old, and I leave it on all the time.
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SlackJawedYokel Donating Member (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:54 PM
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3. Yes, but.
You'll need to reset your BIOS after you replace it... not a problem if you didn't make any adjustments... if you did, write them down.

This'll help:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article.php?id=81

Cletus
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