system clock losing time on new pc

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cannondale06

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my clock loses anywhere from 10-20 seconds throughout the day. this is a new pc that I built just a few weeks ago so this has me kinda worried. none of my other comps do this so I know something is wrong so any advice would be appreciated.
 
Usually it's the CMOS battery on the mobo that causes this. But if your pc is new that'd be strange...
 
If you don't have something to test the voltage of the CMOS battery, replace it even though it's a new board. The CR2032 batteries are cheap so it's not going to cost you much to test it. Despite the board being new, it can still have a bad CMOS battery. I've seen this happen more than once.

 
okay i will try to get a new battery this weekend. that does seem a little odd though since even my 5 year old computer keeps time just fine. if that doesnt fix it then what should be the next step?
 
Bman123 said:
Did you get a new battery yet cannondale
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yeah i picked a couple up from target yesterday. I needed one for my cars keyless entry too. Im glad I remembered it was the 2032 model battery because there are like 4 or 5 batteries that look exactly the same. gigabytes tech support(email only) is slow as ass and all they did was ask if i updated to the latest bios which i did with no difference.
 
surprisingly I think the new battery fixed it. I changed it 3 hours ago and I havent lost a single second yet. if this holds up then I guess it was just a defective battery which is silly for a brand new motherboard. gigabyte had told me to rma the board and I told them that I wasnt removing all that hardware, paying to ship the motherboard and being without my pc for weeks because of this.
 
well shit it went right back to losing time. besides the aggravation of the clock being off is there any other harm in this? I dont want to rma the board for this crap if nothing else is being affected.
 
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