clock

The clock on my Dell Inspiron 2500 Laptop will not keep
time. It seems to hold about 4 hours behind. I have set
and reset it. Is there a battery that might needing
replaced that I am not aware of?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Kathy

There will probably be a cmos battery that needs replacing. Most pc
shops can do this for you. They're not very expensive.

Best of Luck

On Tue, 13 May 2003 07:08:34 -0700, "Kathy"
wrote:

The clock on my Dell Inspiron 2500 Laptop will not keep
time. It seems to hold about 4 hours behind. I have set
and reset it. Is there a battery that might needing
replaced that I am not aware of?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Kathy

-----Original Message-----
There will probably be a cmos battery that needs
replacing. Most pc
shops can do this for you. They're not very expensive.

Best of Luck


And just how would an almost-dead battery manage to "hold"
4 hours behind? There is a known issue, I believe, with
Dell and clock errors. The OP should visit Dell's website
and look into it.

I can well understand Kathy's reluctance to seek help from "Dell Online
Help". Recently I upgraded my Dell Dimension 8100 from Windows ME to XP
(purchased from the DELL Spare Parts Store). I encountered a problem which
only affects the DELL Dimension 8100 computer and no other make or model of
computer. I received a stock answer from Dell that they only supported
software originally supplied with my computer. I found the answer to the
problem with my Dell Dimension 8100 at www.microsoft.com. As far as I am
concerned the DELL online Help facility is as useless as a Duck's A**.
Derek
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"Wislu Plethora" wrote in message
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-----Original Message-----
There will probably be a cmos battery that needs
replacing. Most pc
shops can do this for you. They're not very expensive.

Best of Luck


And just how would an almost-dead battery manage to "hold"
4 hours behind? There is a known issue, I believe, with
Dell and clock errors. The OP should visit Dell's website
and look into it.

The battery on your PC's motherboard is running out of power. Open your
PC's case and you will see, on the board, a silver disk battery about 1cm in
diameter held to the board with a clip. make a note of the type, buy a new
one and replace it. You will find, I believe, that your clock then keeps
much better time.

"Bob" wrote in message
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How come my clock on the computer does not keep its time.
About every two weekes I have to reset it. Any info would
help thanks.