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CMOS battery problem?

JimB

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Anyone have any issues with their SP3 not holding the time/date? Happening to me randomly. This morning after hibernate the clock still had last nights day and time. I've had to create a task scheduler item for time resynchronization each time after hibernate to deal with this.
 

r0b123

Active Member
No issues found with the CMOS battery regarding date/time. Daylight savings time ended and found the time changed appropriately.

Is your SP3 charged? Might leave it plugged in for a few hours and check if the date/time syncs. Maybe the regular battery could affect the CMOS battery, but unlikely and still keep your system charged to find out.
 

GreyFox7

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Anything could fail, but if the RTC/battery (if there is one) failed your date would likely be way off not the last time before shutdown/hibernation/standby. There's probably just a delay in updating the system clock.
 

leeshor

Well-Known Member
The likelihood of the battery going bad is slim to none. As GreyFox7 mentioned, it may be something that is delaying the clock update. With a failed battery you wold be seeing more than just a wrong time.
 

GreyFox7

Super Moderator
Staff member
You might try changing the time sync from Windows time to NIST. last I checked one of the NIST sites was FUBAR so if one doesn't work move on to the next one. seems like some ISPs are getting persnickety about NTP traffic.
 
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