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Computer Date on Sony Vaio

Slicker — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:40:12 GMT

Hi,

I am having a problem at the moment with my computer date. Every now and then it will change to the year 6004. I have checked for spyware and viruses and I also did an OS restore yesterday.

The date changes when my pc has been running for a long length of time. The only apps that are running are Norton Firewall, my DNS Updater, click to DVD and MSN messenger.

Anyone else seen this?

Cheers
Paul

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

grahambird80 — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:37:14 GMT

Are you using the internet time syncronisation option?

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

Slicker — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:41:17 GMT

erm,,

I dont think so..

How do I check?

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

TygerTyger — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:41:26 GMT

Double click on the clock and go to the 'Internet Time' tab. Make sure that 'automatically syncrhonise with an internet time server' is ticked. That's for Windows XP, I don't recall 98 or 2k having this feature without a separate program.

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

kee-lo_ — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:34:32 GMT

I use time.nist.gov as mine and have had no problems.

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

Slicker — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:23:40 GMT

ok,, it was set already - have changed it to the nist.gov one..

will see if it makes a difference

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

Slicker — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:15:56 GMT

still no success.. Date has changed twice since I altered this.

Any more thoughts...?

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

kee-lo_ — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:29:31 GMT

Try AdAware (www.lavasoft.de) to see if you have any spyware changing the time for you.

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

TygerTyger — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:14:52 GMT

Why would spyware change the date? It you are using a desktop it may be that the motherboard battery needs changing. It's easy to do, take a look inside its just a standard large watch battery style battery. Buy a new one, stick it in. Um assuming thats the problem. Not liable if it isnt. :smileygrin:

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

kee-lo_ — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:37:45 GMT

The thing is if it was the battery it wouldn't be in the future.
I'm having a stab in the dark really....

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

tellingd — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:51:16 GMT

 Not liable if it isnt. :smileygrin:

Ooooh Tyger are you a solicitor by any chance

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

kee-lo_ — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:20:23 GMT

you have to watch your back on the forum, people do get hyper if things go wrong.

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

robpaxton — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:14:01 GMT

Could be a dodgy battery, CMOS or even a dodgy real time clock. If it's the CMOS or RTC then I'm afraid you are doomed to suffer the problem until the chip is changed out.

Outside chance but try resetting the BIOS to it's default settings.

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

TygerTyger — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:22:19 GMT

Ooooh Tyger  are you a solicitor by any chance

I've done a little soliciting on the side yes. And if you didn't laugh then find a dictionary and look up soliciting

Er on a more serious note I meant that the battery had so little power that after a few minutes it cut out completely, whereby the BIOS date actually resets itself to a weird date rather than it actually is just slowing down.
Acually I'm just clutching at straws too never heard of anything like it. Can't you just remember it's 2004?

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

kee-lo_ — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:51:19 GMT

Hehe normally the BIOS goes back to the first date programmed into it.

Something like Jan 1 1970

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

Slicker — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:45:26 GMT

Hmm..

This may invlove a little chat with Sony then - the PC is only 6 months old or so

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

mathrobe — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:46:32 GMT

i don,t know how to help you but maybe you have wandered into a "Temperal Vortex" ?, i know captains Picard,Janeway and Archer have got into a lot of trouble with the Federation for messing about with time travel because you can really mess things up in the future if you,re not careful.
good luck in sorting out your problem:smileylaugh:

i know i,m a sad old trekkie:smileywink:

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

kee-lo_ — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:03:31 GMT

Hehe yes I guess you have to.

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

Slicker — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 07:20:39 GMT

Ooooh Tyger  are you a solicitor by any chance 
 

I've done a little soliciting on the side yes. And if you didn't laugh then find a dictionary and look up soliciting 

Er on a more serious note I meant that the battery had so little power that after a few minutes it cut out completely, whereby the BIOS date actually resets itself to a weird date rather than it actually is just slowing down.
Acually I'm just clutching at straws too never heard of anything like it. Can't you just remember it's 2004?

I could just remember that its 2004 - but quite a few apps wont run if the date is 6004

Re: Computer Date on Sony Vaio

William — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:06:21 GMT

Sony must have high hopes for this model if the bios can cope with 6004, would this not point to a Windows issue or does the bios also change to 6004?

William