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[Liam]

Clock on my PC has developed a mind of it's own, when I look away for a few minutes it changes to 23/11 and not 23/08 as it should be. I have checked time zone settings and they're ok, have tried synchronising with pool.ntp.org to no avail. It seems to be random, no virus or malware, new (3) cmos batteries, internet seems to think anything from dud cmos battery to screwed up motherboard, so a bit like Haynes manuals. Can't find a fix on Microsoft site. I know I can reset it manually but it is a pain as it was ticking along very nicely.

Hardware, HP XW8200 Workstation, 4gig ram, 1.5 Terabyte HDD, Nvidia 9800GTX video card, Intel Xeon CPU 3.4GHz (2 processors),Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

Thanks guys and girls.

 

[briggie]

sounds like a clivvy job to me :thumb2

 

[Deleted account DD]

Windows 7 is driving me round the bend. I could set up just about anything you wanted on win2000 , i was ok on xp but cant find a f####ing thing on 7 :lol:lol:lol:lol

watching with interest

 

[clivvy]

check the time on your router, perhaps the PC is getting it from that?

 

[makeitfit]

Needs a new rubber band I reckon :lol

 

[lacroupade]

Clock on my PC has developed a mind of it's own, when I look away for a few minutes it changes to 23/11 and not 23/08 as it should be. I have checked time zone settings and they're ok, have tried synchronising with pool.ntp.org to no avail. It seems to be random, no virus or malware, new (3) cmos batteries, internet seems to think anything from dud cmos battery to screwed up motherboard, so a bit like Haynes manuals. Can't find a fix on Microsoft site. I know I can reset it manually but it is a pain as it was ticking along very nicely.

Hardware, HP XW8200 Workstation, 4gig ram, 1.5 Terabyte HDD, Nvidia 9800GTX video card, Intel Xeon CPU 3.4GHz (2 processors),Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

Thanks guys and girls.

what are you doing with all that computing power anyway Liam???

 

[jims-terrano]

Best of luck, I've had a belly full of Win 7 crap all day. Give me XP any day of the week.

Jim

 

[Deleted account DD]

I've had a belly full of Win 7 crap all day. Give me XP any day of the week.

im starting to agree. I'll concede the 64 bit runs quickly on my laptop (2.4ghz processor + 4 gig ram) BUT so many apps are still 32 bit anyway and i cant find all the settings and what have you that we've been accustomed to since the heady days of win95

 

[Liam]

what are you doing with all that computing power anyway Liam???

Porn:naughty Seriously, sold the old system, put €50 along with the cash I got for it , so why not? Cost me €200 including a 19" flat screen. Great to have family working in IT in our national TV station and another brother working for Avid, who do HP Workstations. Avis have just shipped €5 million worth of IT to Kazakhstan or somewhere like that. I usually change after our General Elections as the national broadcaster lease loads of PCs and then have no need when the elections are over, so lease company sells them off cheap to staff at the TV station, usually pretty decent spec too. This one came from Avid who sell off units to staff and is probably the best spec I've had to date, so I'll probably keep it for a few years. So now tell me how to fix the damn time, please

 

[Liam]

im starting to agree. I'll concede the 64 bit runs quickly on my laptop (2.4ghz processor + 4 gig ram) BUT so many apps are still 32 bit anyway and i cant find all the settings and what have you that we've been accustomed to since the heady days of win95

Windows 95? Wasn't that the operating system on the first LCD watches?:lol:lol:lol

As I said to Paul earlier, I only have it cos it was cheap as chips, I'll never push it to the limit.

 

[Liam]

check the time on your router, perhaps the PC is getting it from that?

Checked that, that's not the problem.

 

[briggie]

i realise its a stoopid question , but .... when you adjust the time / date , do you click apply or ok ? ..... incidently i have windows 7 ultimate , had it for 2 days now ( upgrade ) ... no probs so far , very good indeed , a lot better than vista

 

[makeitfit]

a lot better than vista

Vista is a tool
just a really rubbish one :lol

 

[Liam]

And by the miracle that is Windows 7, just got up this morning and it was 21/11/2011 and somehow it is now 24/08/2011 with correct time. So I'm after going back in time, Back to the Future eat your heart out. Time travel is dead easy. Now if I can just go back to when I had money and a beautiful young wife:naughty:naughty

 

[Liam]

On a slightly different topic, I need a 17" screen for a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 3667G. Must be cheap or free as a new one costs about €180 . Alternatively is someone is looking for something to use with Memory Maps and doesn't need a working screen, make me an offer. Currently running Windows XP 32 bit.

Technical specs for Fujitsu Siemens AMILO A 3667G

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="spec_name">Processor</td> <td class="spec_value">AMD® Turion™ 64 Mobile ML-30 (1.6GHz, 1MB L2 cache)</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">Memory</td> <td class="spec_value">2x512MB</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">Display</td> <td class="spec_value">17" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440 x 900) ATI Radeon x700Dedicat 128 MB external VRAM (Hyper 512MB)</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">HDD</td> <td class="spec_value">80GB</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">Optical units</td> <td class="spec_value">8x Multi-format DVD Burner DL (Double Layer)</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">Sound</td> <td class="spec_value"> AC97 codec (5.1 SPDIF), 2 built-in speakers, built-in microphone, microphone in combined with stereo</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">Connectivity</td> <td class="spec_value">10/100/1000 Mbps LAN / Built-in 56K, V.92 fax modem, Wireless LAN (WLAN) solution 802.11 b/g
4 in 1 card reader SD/MS/MMC/MSPRO; 1x
IEEE1394, 4x USB 2.0 ports, 1x S-Video; 1x DVI-I, 1x modem, 1x LAN, 1x WLAN, 1x line in / microphone in, 1x headphone out combined with1x SPDIF; 1 x power supply</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">Operating system</td> <td class="spec_value">Windows XP Home</td> </tr><tr><td class="spec_name">Battery time</td> <td class="spec_value">2:30 h</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

[lacroupade]

On a slightly different topic, I need a 17" screen for a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 3667G. Must be cheap or free as a new one costs about €180 . Alternatively is someone is looking for something to use with Memory Maps and doesn't need a working screen, make me an offer. Currently running Windows XP 32 bit.

You're not going to find one of them laying about now are you! I always get my screens off ebay, never paid more than £70 even for a top end Toshiba that I got for nothing .

One here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17-1-LCD-...966?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b20c5f4e

Wouldn't worry about HK shipment, plenty feedbacks. But even this one is second hand....was that E180 just for a new screen or fitting as well?

 

[Kamsin]

You guys have lost me on this one, im running a Compaq 386 sx running Windows 3.1 with DOS.
i have 256meg of Ram and a green screen. Its state of the art next to my old Commodor 64 :thumbs

 

[Liam]

You guys have lost me on this one, im running a Compaq 386 sx running Windows 3.1 with DOS.
i have 256meg of Ram and a green screen. Its state of the art next to my old Commodor 64 :thumbs

Now the Casio watch definitely had a more powerful processor than that LOL

 

[supergnome]

Usually the motherboard battery when clock is erratic.Its 5 volt and takes 10mins to do. You may loose some Cmos settings but easy to redo.
David.

 

[Liam]

You're not going to find one of them laying about now are you! I always get my screens off ebay, never paid more than £70 even for a top end Toshiba that I got for nothing .

One here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17-1-LCD-...966?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b20c5f4e

Wouldn't worry about HK shipment, plenty feedbacks. But even this one is second hand....was that E180 just for a new screen or fitting as well?

Yes Paul, I think it included fitting but when I asked for a price without fitting I think he only dropped a tenner. That one in the link is still going to be about €100, hardly worth it for a 5 year old laptop. Spoke to guy I bought from (still not paid him fully) and he is trying to source either a screen or another lappy, so might do ok yet. Would be nice if I can sell some bits on Ebay, like I said, if someone has a monitor, everything else is ok but I suppose shipping to the UK is a no no because of the weight of it. Maybe I can get a top end Tosh for nothing here, and win the Lotto the same day.