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    System Clock Slow

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by yankeesbaseball, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. yankeesbaseball

    yankeesbaseball Notebook Enthusiast

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    About every 3-4 days my system clock slows by about 2-3 mins. What could be the cause of a system clock to be running slow? Suggestions?
     
    yankeesbaseball, Aug 29, 2008
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    care to elaborate on what you mean by "system clock"?
     
    whizzo, Aug 29, 2008
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    he means the bottom right corner there displays the time. my clock slows down from time to time to so i just resync it. it takes like 5 seconds so it shouldnt really be a issue...
     
    exiled, Aug 29, 2008
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  4. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    it should automatically sync to your service provider time...(if you have it set up to do that)
     
    ryujin, Aug 30, 2008
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  5. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    actually it should automatically sync with "time.windows.com" :D
     
    whizzo, Aug 30, 2008
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  6. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    show off.... :D

    but i doubt (could be wrong though) that windows derives true timing from the atomic clock or a cesium for that matter.... :D
    so that would//could cause time variations at will....
     
    ryujin, Aug 30, 2008
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    you know, actually, i really think they do.
     
    whizzo, Aug 30, 2008
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  8. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    why did i know you would say that.... :)
     
    ryujin, Aug 30, 2008
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    well, do you really think the largest software company in the world wouldn't use an atomic clock as update reference for its clients?
     
    whizzo, Aug 30, 2008
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