Windows 7 : System clock running 60 times too fast

Anonymous
2009-12-05T23:06:14+00:00

I am a novice user of Windows 7, having had it on a new PC for less than a week.  On Thursday evening it worked fine, on Friday the system clock started running 60 times too fast.  The minutes are changing every second, the hours less frequently (i.e. not every minute).  It is playing havoc with the behaviour of the PC.  I have to keep moving the mouse or the screen turns off and the keyboard takes every keystroke and repeats it twenty or thirty times.  What can I do?

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Anonymous
2009-12-06T20:11:44+00:00

Hi PhilLondon,

Welcome to Microsoft Answers!

Usually, this issue is caused by Windows Time service corrupt. You can try to take following steps to troubleshoot this issue.

Run the following command in a elevate privileges cmd window.

net stop w32time

w32tm /unregister

w32tm /register

net start w32time

w32tm /resync

Then, please restart the computer to test the issue again.

W32tm.exe is used to configure Windows Time service settings. It can also be used to diagnose problems with the time service. W32tm.exe is the preferred command line tool for configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting the Windows Time service.

Refer this link for more information:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773263(WS.10).aspx

You also perform System File Checker.

             1.      Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command

Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the

                      password, or click Allow.

            2.      Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

sfc /scannow

               The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

  For further information, visit the below mentioned link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

 Hope this information helped!

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 Fouzan – Microsoft support

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-21T21:35:17+00:00

    A couple of days ago I started the computer and it worked!  I haven't shut it down since and won't until after Christmas.  I shall then go to my supplier (it's a brand new computer) with printouts of these threads.  It sounds very much like a motherboard issue.  Interestingly when my system came up a couple of days ago it was in windows recovery mode, there must be something different about the use of the clock in that startup.  As I said the system is working fine and incidentally the windows time service still has a status of not started, so I'm assuming that's a red herring.

    I'm also interested in a solution that doesn't include RMA.

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-21T04:48:43+00:00

    I just read through this thread and am experiencing the same exact symptoms:

    I'm running:

    AMD Athlon IIx4  620 AM3

    ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO MB

    G.Skill 2Gx2 Mem

    If anyone finds a solution that doesn't include RMA please post here!

    Good luck!

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-18T21:13:30+00:00

    I just entered 'm4a78 clock too fast' into google and this came up: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-263336_12_0.html  Someone's had what appears to be the identical problem with a similar motherboard, but this time with Vista.  His solution, after trying to flash the BIOS, was to RMA (return merchanise authorisation) the motherboard.

    Any comments from anyone else, including Microsoft?

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-12-18T09:09:00+00:00

    cpu:: AMD athlon II x2 240 processor 2.80 GHz 2mb

    mobo:: Asus m4a785d-m pro, chipset: amd 785g/sb710. integrated Graphics ati radeon hd4200.

    mem. 4 Gb

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