Windows 7 : System clock running 60 times too fast

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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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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!

Thanks and regards

Fouzan – Microsoft support

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2010-02-23T09:22:00+00:00

i wish that would work for me ..my time seems to go about 3 hours ahead if i turn my pc off..but my main problem is if my motherboard loses power windows just runs too fast and cant boot up. I think i kjust need to remove the cmos battery and it seem i need to let it sit for 2 -3 hours before i can get it to work.....i wanna try that method but i ono if i feel like have to reinstall windows again.

also my i built my pcs myself but that shouldnt have any effect on it
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Anonymous

2010-02-21T14:25:23+00:00

Would be interesting to hear if anyone has tried the following and if it helped, credit to another user called "Met-Al"

I can't try on mine as i returned it for a refund, although the supplier are being very unhelpful (MESH) and have been waiting a long time, wish i had bought from somewhere else.

Also asked Asus support about the problem over a month ago, no reply so far, hopefully someone here can help and say if the following worked?

The solution is to set the memory clock manually instead of letting the BIOS do it auto. BIOS->Advanced->JumperFree Configuration-> Memory Timing And Voltage Memory Clock Mode ->Set to "Manual" Memclock Value -> Set to what your RAM is rated, for example "400Mhz"
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2010-02-20T03:58:34+00:00

Ok i can get windows 7 to run now by unplugging power and removing CMOS battery and it will run fine until as long as i never unplug the power . If my powersupply dies or my power goes out im screwed and have to redoit. Iv sintalled it a couple times to see if thats the problem and it is. The first time it happened to me i unplugged the power to put a fan in and thats when it happened.

Any idea of why that would happen. If the motherboard loses power is the only time it will happen.

there seems to be 2 different problem. i dont get fast clock but i get it to where everything will run in hyper mode if my power gets disconneted to the mobo. I dont know if this is ur problem too ckrueg. Its not my version of windows either becuase i have it installed on another pc using the same install disc and it doesnt happen with linux. I might have to go with vista if it doesnt get fixed . I dont feel like rmaing my mobo and lose money because asus decided to mess up with the windows 7 driver. i have no clue what could cause the problem with losing power and then it going crazy
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Anonymous

2010-02-19T10:17:23+00:00

komy, I don't think it's the version of the BIOS. When the problem first occurred, the default BIOS was like 0512, or something like that. I updated to 0602 (the latest) hoping it would fix the problem. Same problem.

It wasn't until I dumped the BIOS settings by removing the CMOS battery that it started working properly. 7 has been running fine for about 2 days now, I'll update if the clock freaks out on me or I have any other issues.

The "fix" ya'll are talking about, is essentially the same thing. You might want to try and unplug it, as you do, and then pop out the CMOS battery from your motherboard. Let it sit 20-30 minutes, pop it back in, plug in the PSU and power up. You will have to go into your BIOS and update the time and any settings you have made, b/c it drops everything.
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