Hey, my computer clock keeps moving back and forth on its own!
Hey, my computer clock keeps moving back and forth on its own!
i don't think the battery on the motherboard is to blame because this happens even when i turn on my pc while windows open. the screen moves back about an hour or so a few times every day, especially in the morning. i haven't found out why yet. i think it started after i tried to boot up with a usb stick using this method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-o6OK8Q9hI and also installed two apps called "HFS+ for Windows" and "TransMac" (but i removed them back then). Maybe something about these actions caused the problem?
Where do you see the clock on your computer? Maybe it's wrong. Go to Windows Date and Time settings in Control Panel. Type "Date & time" into the search box to find it. My guess is that something got messed up when you installed macOS before. Just check what the computer thinks right now.
Check your Scheduled Tasks. Maybe someone added it to show a clock in another timezone instead of yours.
I know that window well. I keep opening it a lot during the day just so my phone can automatically adjust its date when I change it back or forward.
Why should I check what's inside this box? But... the clock keeps changing, even when the computer is turned off. Every single morning I plug it in, the time is wrong before I even start using Windows.
Just swap out an old CMOS battery to see if it makes a difference.
thanks. just a quick question: if it is actually the CMOS battery, does it make sense for the time to change while the PC is on (even though Windows is running)?
Yes: maybe something else is happening. There could be another app running behind the scenes that tries to change the time for its own reasons. Maybe the clock source isn't working right now. Do the changes look consistent? For example, does the day jump by one and then the hour jumps by three hours each time? Does it always jump by the same amount? What about timezone changes? Is it always the same every time? = = = = So what do we check with our CMOS battery? Many things including the date and time. Check this link (and other similar ones): https://www.electronicshub.org/symptom-o...y-failure/ From that page: "If your CMOS battery is dying, your computer might not start up right. You could also see other changes like missing drivers or wrong date and time." A new battery is cheap and easy to put in. = = = = If the trouble goes on, check Reliability Monitor in History and look at Event Viewer. Either tool might catch some error codes, warnings, or just info events when the clock gets changed.
Where do they get their current time and clock settings from? The pattern seems to be: if you move back hours, the computer loses an hour for sure, but losing another hour later is just a guess. If you change the time manually and then it breaks again, that part makes sense. What happens to the date too? Does it get messed up along with the clock? Even if I take out or delete Mac OS from my PC, does fixing the problem go away? Maybe also checking for any other Mac-related stuff left behind would help find the culprit.