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My Time & Date are constantly resetting to "2001"???? Help Pls..

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rainbowcolors - 05 May 2008 13:45 GMT
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Hi everyone,

Please help me I am having problems with the time on the lower right side of
my screen and the date keep resetting back to Dec 2001 (must have been a good
year); I clicked on the date and keep changing it and applying it and also
saying OK; then I will close everything down and it will start up with the
old info again. I don't know why it is not correcting it's self. I also set
it to change to the internet automaticly. Can someone pls tell me how to
correct this???
It messed up all of the other applications that saying they are expired
because this date is throwing everything off.........

Thanks...... I appreciate it.......................

Nepatsfan - 05 May 2008 14:24 GMT
It sounds like the battery on your motherboard has died. Take a look at these
articles for how to replace it.

How To Replace The COMES Battery In Your PC
http://www.liverepair.com/encyclopedia/articles/cmosreplace.asp

How to install a COMES battery
http://www.smartcomputing.com/Editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2004/w1510/
32w10/32w10.asp&guid
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Good luck

Nepatsfan
Ken Blake, MVP - 05 May 2008 20:09 GMT
Do you mean that you shut down the computer...

> and it will start up

...and then reboot it?

> with the
> old info again. I don't know why it is not correcting it's self. I also set
> it to change to the internet automaticly. Can someone pls tell me how to
> correct this???

If that's the case, you need to replace the battery on the
motherboard. It's a flat disk, about the size and shape of a US
quarter, held in place by a clip. They are inexpensive--$4-5 US or so.

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Badger - 11 May 2008 04:02 GMT
The likely cause of this behaviour is a failing motherboard battery. Open up
your computer and look for a small, flat battery somewhere. They are usually
easy to remove, then all you have to do is replace it with one of the same
type.
Badger
 
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