new clock battery

[max]

Two days ago I replaced the clock battery in this 7 year old PC. When I rebooted a window came up saying new hardware had been found and it was loading it. What would that be?
When I came to reset the date etc, the clock was 36 minutes slow and there is no way to adjust the time. The problem before was that the clock was losing about 4 minutes in a day. The clock is still losing a couple of minutes. Does anyone know why this should be now that a new battery is in. It is fitted and connected properly. Thanks

[Rob Lister]

Originally posted by max
Two days ago I replaced the clock battery in this 7 year old PC. When I rebooted a window came up saying new hardware had been found and it was loading it. What would that be?
When I came to reset the date etc, the clock was 36 minutes slow and there is no way to adjust the time. The problem before was that the clock was losing about 4 minutes in a day. The clock is still losing a couple of minutes. Does anyone know why this should be now that a new battery is in. It is fitted and connected properly. Thanks

I'm no expert but I'll bump the thread with a possibility.

When you changed the battery your computer "forgot" all the hardware previously defined by the bios. When you put in the new battery the computer was absolutely amazed at all the new stuff it found. :)

I can't imagine why your computer would lose 4 minutes a day unless the timer chip is faulty. Then again, you may want to put your computer in a different location in the house. Perhaps it is sitting in a very deep gravity well. I once lost a whole two years because of that. The gravity well was right next to the beer tap. Once again, :)

[max]

Thanks for that. The PC has been in the same position since I got it 3 years ago. Yes, that's it, it would be the original hardware.doh

[Earthborn]

the clock was losing about 4 minutes in a dayIt could be that the internal clock has been set to sidereal time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time) for the benefit of astronomers and you should check the settings to make sure it is set to 'solar time'.

I am kidding!

[max]

Thanks earthborb, if you hadn't said you were kidding, I'd have believed you I am so amateur on these things. I found the problem, the metal bar holding the battery wasn't quite touching, so there was no circuit