Jabberwocky
True Synaesthete
Okay, I bought a new computer a few months ago, and it never has been able to keep accurate time. What started as a minor annoyance is now really getting me aggrivated.
Used to I only noticed that when I put the PC into sleep mode for the night, the next day the clock would still be sitting on the time when I turned it off. But the thing is, once awakened again (from sleep, not reboot, mind you) it keeps counting, it just isn't on the RIGHT time.
Now, however, I'm noticing that it doesn't just stop progressing while the PC is slumbering, but it actually 'resets' itself to a different time all together. EXAMPLE: Last night I put the computer to bed, and then this morning when I turned it back on the clock read something like 3:10 am. So I tried to synchronize the date/time with the windows time server, but it wouldn't work, so I just reset the clock manually to the correct time, which was around 8:00 am. At lunch time I put the computer on sleep and just came back to it a few minutes ago. It should read 4:16 pm, but instead it reads 4:16 AM. So it would appear that my computer is saying "screw his idea of timekeeping, if he puts me to sleep then I'm off the clock." (pun intended )
So I think I'm seeing two problems here that are related. 1) I cannot synchronize my computer with any internet time servers, and 2) My computer doesn't just keep counting from whatever point I set it at, but randomly decides to change the time on its own.
Okay so let me already pre-empt some suggestions and say that I've already gone down the list of background programs and services, eliminating them one by one to see if one of them is not letting me synchronize the clock from any time servers. No background services seem to be affecting this problem.
So there you have it. Any ideas?
Used to I only noticed that when I put the PC into sleep mode for the night, the next day the clock would still be sitting on the time when I turned it off. But the thing is, once awakened again (from sleep, not reboot, mind you) it keeps counting, it just isn't on the RIGHT time.
Now, however, I'm noticing that it doesn't just stop progressing while the PC is slumbering, but it actually 'resets' itself to a different time all together. EXAMPLE: Last night I put the computer to bed, and then this morning when I turned it back on the clock read something like 3:10 am. So I tried to synchronize the date/time with the windows time server, but it wouldn't work, so I just reset the clock manually to the correct time, which was around 8:00 am. At lunch time I put the computer on sleep and just came back to it a few minutes ago. It should read 4:16 pm, but instead it reads 4:16 AM. So it would appear that my computer is saying "screw his idea of timekeeping, if he puts me to sleep then I'm off the clock." (pun intended )
So I think I'm seeing two problems here that are related. 1) I cannot synchronize my computer with any internet time servers, and 2) My computer doesn't just keep counting from whatever point I set it at, but randomly decides to change the time on its own.
Okay so let me already pre-empt some suggestions and say that I've already gone down the list of background programs and services, eliminating them one by one to see if one of them is not letting me synchronize the clock from any time servers. No background services seem to be affecting this problem.
So there you have it. Any ideas?