What others think of your Laptop? :: Still dealing with a Acer Aspire clock problem


	Still dealing with a Acer Aspire clock problem I've had Acer repair my Aspire 5100 running Windows Vista Home edition twice now due to the system losing time on a daily basis. I just got it back on Friday from Acer after the second repair, in which they replaced the motherboard (which they needed to do to fix a CMOS battery problem because it's soldered to the mobo.) However, 2 days later it is displaying the same issues. Yesterday it was 1-2 minutes behind, today it is 3 minutes behind. I've got two questions. Does anybody know if there is a software package out there that would allow me to diagnose this issue on my own to determine if it is in fact a CMOS problem or if it is another issue Acer's technicians failed to bother to find and fix? Secondly, I have been told that if I allow this problem to just continue and ignore it, not too long from now I will experience corrupt data and mis-writes to my HDD and the computer will be useless. Is this correct? I have no intention of allowing Acer a third shot at my laptop. They didn't find the problem the first time, and the second repair tells me they've got inferior parts or it wasn't a CMOS problem in the first place and their technicians don't have the knowledge to find the correct issue. If it's not a CMOS problem which will require a new mobo I'll fix it myself or wait until this thing dies and get a new laptop from a better company. - Hide quoted text - Historian wrote: > I've had Acer repair my Aspire 5100 running Windows Vista Home edition > twice now due to the system losing time on a daily basis. I just got it > back on Friday from Acer after the second repair, in which they replaced > the motherboard (which they needed to do to fix a CMOS battery problem > because it's soldered to the mobo.) However, 2 days later it is > displaying the same issues. Yesterday it was 1-2 minutes behind, today > it is 3 minutes behind. > I've got two questions. Does anybody know if there is a software package > out there that would allow me to diagnose this issue on my own to > determine if it is in fact a CMOS problem or if it is another issue > Acer's technicians failed to bother to find and fix? Secondly, I have > been told that if I allow this problem to just continue and ignore it, > not too long from now I will experience corrupt data and mis-writes to > my HDD and the computer will be useless. Is this correct? I have no > intention of allowing Acer a third shot at my laptop. They didn't find > the problem the first time, and the second repair tells me they've got > inferior parts or it wasn't a CMOS problem in the first place and their > technicians don't have the knowledge to find the correct issue. If it's > not a CMOS problem which will require a new mobo I'll fix it myself or > wait until this thing dies and get a new laptop from a better company. Have you set Vista to update the time on boot as a work-around? Given, the time drift is unacceptable, but there is this solution. Q -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- "Quaoar" <qua@tenthplanet.net> wrote in message news:cKidna0E8ew_V6LbnZ2dnUVZ_oLinZ2d@comcast.com... > Have you set Vista to update the time on boot as a work-around? Given, the > time drift is unacceptable, but there is this solution. > Q I'm not concerned about the time display being off actually. It telling me the improper time is annoying but no big deal. In order to not have to look at it, I disabled the clock from the taskbar. The only thing I'm concerned about is the system stability and the life of the PC. The only reason I reported the problem to Acer in the first place is because of what (I think) I know about the function of the CMOS battery. Chris -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- In message <rTQ%h.7621$pW5.2992@trnddc07> at 02:03:03 on Tue, 8 May 2007, Historian <cjmarti@nospamverizon.net> wrote >The only reason I reported the problem to Acer in the first place is >because of what (I think) I know about the function of the CMOS battery. > If they have replaced the motherboard and you are having identical problems, then it sounds like a common problem with the "heart" that is counting the ticks or whatever it needs to keep track of time As to your other question about data corruption, I see this to be highly unlikely -- Mike News -----------------------------------------------Reply----------------------------------------------- "Mike" <turnpike_user@turnpike_REMOVEuser.THIScomANDTHIS> wrote in message news:qwxLuLBipKQGFwl4@turnpike.home... > In message <rTQ%h.7621$pW5.2992@trnddc07> > at 02:03:03 on Tue, 8 May 2007, Historian <cjmarti@nospamverizon.net> > wrote >>The only reason I reported the problem to Acer in the first place is >>because of what (I think) I know about the function of the CMOS battery. > If they have replaced the motherboard and you are having identical > problems, then it sounds like a common problem with the "heart" that is > counting the ticks or whatever it needs to keep track of time > As to your other question about data corruption, I see this to be highly > unlikely Thanks. So if it is simply not counting ticks correctly, it's simply related to a time issue and not indicative of a larger issue where eventually the BIOS won't remember the proper settings? Chris