clock loses time

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computer clock loses time while running program

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clock loses time

Change your CMOS battery then. It may well be running empty. Check in your motherboard manual what kind of CMOS battery you use and how to change it properly.

That's the answer in most of these problems, for Windows XP has its own time update through the internet.

Robert
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Changed the battery and if I

Changed the battery and if I stop the program from running the time will not change the time changes only when the program is running it will cause the clock to lose time.

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When you pause BOINC

When you pause BOINC (suspend), will the Windows clock adjust itself?
If it does, it may just be that running EAH is taking too much a strain on your system to keep up with the correct time.

By how much does it stray off time? Minutes? Hours?
What speed of CPU do you have? All I see is that you have a Duron.
Are you doing anything else while running Einstein? Are you running multiple projects?

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I used to have this problem

I used to have this problem when running distributed.net's client, especially on my laptop (and its cmos battery is fine) - my clock would drift several minutes to several hours, I guess depending on the load. I don't run that client anymore (which is why I'm here). Hope this helps!

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RE: computer clock loses

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computer clock loses time while running program


It's a relativistic effect. :-) ( Sorry, couldn't resist.... )

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

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