date and time loss

[dqdave1]

compaq pc pentium 2 windows 98se; time and date keep changing; many times to jan, 1980 12 am sonetimes i loose a couple of hours; what is causing it; Battery on motherboard?

[MobilePCPhysician]

compaq pc pentium 2 windows 98se; time and date keep changing; many times to jan, 1980 12 am sonetimes i loose a couple of hours; what is causing it; Battery on motherboard?
Exactly. Change the battery on the board. Could possibly be a heat/fan issue. Make sure everything spins.

[Mayet]

If that doesn't work run a virus scanner through.

the bios date starts after Jan 4 1980 so the bios is losing that info and starting it again. Could be the battery most likely but may need updated bios or as I said some Virii can do this but its more rare...The Y2K bug was one example

[confus-ed]

..some Virii can do this but its more rare...The Y2K bug was one example
As spelling mod :D ... Viruses - there's Platipi (though I only know one :)) but no 'virii', y2k bug 'madness' was about registers in legacy kit not having enough digits, so when it 'rolled over' all the dates were gonna be wrong & we were gonna get armagedon ! ... shows what computer 'experts' know doesn't it :D

Speaking of which :rolleyes: :D ... yeah I'm fairly convinced its the battery not taking charge too, try replacing it, though there's still possibility that your motherboard isn't doing its job & charging it, for $3 I'm putting a new battery in to see !

[Mayet]

*Me pouts...Virii sounds cuter :devil:

[confus-ed]

*Me pouts...Virii sounds cuter :devil:
Ah, but my lovely, not as cute as you of course :kiss: