Windows time is consistently fast

Windows 7 X64 Home Premium - for some reason, the time on this PC is consistently fast. It's usually 2-3 minutes fast after about 4 or 5 days, and going to the 'Internet Time' and clicking 'Update Now' solves the problem. It's not really a big deal, but why is this happening? Is there a way to schedule the 'Internet Time' to update every 12 or 24 hours? Could this possibly have something to do with the BIOS or maybe the motherboard? The system is free of malware, and maintenance is performed at least weekly (full scans with MalwareBytes and Avira's free AntiVir; maintenance using CCleaner and Auslogics Defrag, etc) and everything else runs flawlessly. The motherboard is an Asus M4N72-E if it matters..... Thanks!

 

Anyone? Anything?
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Sorry for being late, dlb.

This may well be a faulty clock battery on the motherboard. The battery is designed to keep the time/date/BIOS settings whilst the computer is in storage.

These batteries are cheap so it is worth replacing it as a first test. Look on the motherboard for a round silver button battery. There should be a little catch on one side of the holder. Push this in and pop the battery out. Then push the new one in until the catch engages.

 

You can sync the time to a clock / time server think microsoft offers one.

Had an issue a couple of years ago the whole company was brought to a stand still..seemingly with no major faults evident.. with a random error.. it turns out the clock with one server had approx ten minute disparity with another server and the whole system turned to turkey...good grief what a random issue we thought at the time..event log wasnt much help either..

g luck interested to know what the fix is with this one l8r

 

Personally I use http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/ which works with XP->win7, can cnage the synchronisation interval, and has the ability to repair the time service if it is faulty.

Just make sure you use the windows settings to configure an accurate time server, such as pool.ntp.org which will select a time server from a worldwide pool of volunteers. You can specify a country before it i.e. uk.pool.ntp.org or us.pool.ntp.org

For more information view here: http://www.ntp.org/

Please note that the Microsoft time servers have been found to be unreliable at times.

 

Simple you have a bad mother board, the battery only supplies power the board regulates the time there is no cure change the board!

 

You should try the freeware program dimension 4 v5.0. It is a small utility that lists many different servers to choose from to synchronize your clock with. This is a temporary solution I have found that works great for me, since my clock loses about 30+ seconds or so every week.

http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/

 

Thanks for all the input everyone.... I don't think the motherboard is bad... I've had it for about 6 months and did not have this time "issue" when I was running Windows XP Pro... I'm now running Windows 7 X64 and all other hardware is the same.... I thinking I might update the BIOS but I'm not sure if that would have any effect, and it's not a real big deal. I have already checked the CMOS battery with a voltmeter, it read 3.02v so it's OK. I'll check out the PowerTool linked to above by plodr, and/or Dimension provided by 00bad, and I think it will be OK. If I could schedule Windows to sync up the time every 24 or 48 hours, that would be ideal...

EDIT: a big THANKS! to you plodr!!! I just installed Karen's Time Sync Power Tool and it's exactly what I needed. I configured it to sync the time every 48hours.... perfect! Thanks again!
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