Computer clock running a day behind

[Revolutionary Girl]

Another weird computer problem: please provide any help before it drives me crazy.

I'm running a Pentium II "pulled together" (it was made from spare parts) desktop, Windows 98. On the day before New Year's Eve, the clock on my PC was two hours behind when I turned it on. (I turn my desktop on and off--generally a bad move, but it's never given me a problem for that before.) I fixed the clock, then turned it off until nighttime. When I turned it on, it was back at the same time that it had in the morning.

It's been doing this for days now, and all my attempts to fix the clock just last through the time I turn the computer off. When I turn it back on, the clock is at least 10 hours behind the actual time.

Norton 2002 (updated virus definitions) is not finding anything. :banghead: Is my PC about to die? What can I do to fix it? ;_;

Thanks in advance!

 

[Zhen Lin]

No, your PC isn't dying, though your motherboard/clock battery is. It is possible to replace it, but it's not usually done. One workaround is to use some [wp=Network_Time_Protocol]NTP[/wp] client to periodically synchronise your clock.