Confuzzled!!!

[Kovu]

My laptops time has just changed without me doing anything. But its frozen on 14:25 now. Ehhhh?????

 

[Carwash]

Does it say anything in the date/time settings preference pane? Perhaps your NTP server is flaky.

 

[beanzontoast]

If you're running Windows, try double clicking on the time in your taskbar and in the 'Date and time properties' window that opens, click the 'Internet time' tab, then put a tick in the 'Automatically synchronise with an internet time server' box and click on 'Update now'. This might correct it.

 

[Willow]

I know in a desk top this can happen when the small battery dies inside and is easily remedied by changing said battery. I don't know if laptops have one.

 

[Carwash]

I know in a desk top this can happen when the small battery dies inside and is easily remedied by changing said battery. I don't know if laptops have one.

They certainly do. It would have to be a very old laptop for this to apply though... and taking a laptop apart to get at the mainboard is somewhat more involve than opening the case on a desktop machine!

 

[beanzontoast]

They certainly do. It would have to be a very old laptop for this to apply though... and taking a laptop apart to get at the mainboard is somewhat more involve than opening the case on a desktop machine!

I had this happen to an old base unit after about 4 years which refused to boot and gave a 'three beeps' warning while trying. Changed the button battery on the motherboard and it was (still is) happy again.