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Hi all,
I have a strange problem. My system date changes after every restart. More specifically, month and day values are interchanged. For example, when I set the system date to september 1, (month = 9, day =1) it becomes january 9 (month = 1 , day = 9) after restart.
thanks in advance.
Could it be a failing motherboard clock battery?
welcome to the board. if you go to control panel and check your regional settings. This is where you change the date formats.
I have changed the date format but it did not help.
I think it's the battery too.Quote:
Originally Posted by joshsiao
I am sure there is not a problem with the mainboard battery. Because if don't let xp to boot, system time is preserved even after power down. Another interesting point is that this problem does not occur if I start the system in safe mode.
I am having same problem I have installed new battery even the old one was lacking just 0.18 volts. Installation of new battery didnt solve the problem
Hi, I am having an identical problem on 2 different computers. Both using ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe motherboards. The one i'm working with today, October 5th keeps resetting it's date to May 10th. Same problem as mahmuttufanoglu is experiencing. Date is being reversed. Both computers are fairly new builds so I am doubtful it is the battery as well. Has anyone had any luck with this issue?
just wondering if you guys have the update time with the internet enabled...wonder if that is mucking up the format.
My system date also changes everytime I boot up. It's correct on the BIOS but by the time I reach the desktop the date has interchanged (month becomes day and vice versa - eg today would be 10th June rather than 6th October). It's okay in Safe Mode, doesn't change. This has only happened since I installed SP2.
Also, I have to activate XP everytime I log on. It tells me I have successfully activated everytime but I have to go through it all again the next time, may be this has something to do with the date changing?
So, has anyone found out what causes it yet?
Cheers,
Podge.
Internet time is disabled and it still does it, unfortunately.
can you guys give us some system specs...maybe its a bug in the mobo.
I was thinking a bios flash or patch from your respective mobo manufacturers.Check their support site and read the update histories to find out if there is the same glitch.Post your specs here and maybe someone here can help. :D
Both systems I am working with have the Asus P4P800-E Deluxe Motheroard. Both were upgraded to SP2 recently. Went back to SP1 on one but it still does the date swap. Thinking it must be some compatibility issue between the board and SP2 though i don't pretend to understand how. Have to pursue it with Asus I guess. Off on holidays for a week though so it will have to wait until I return. Thank you everyone for the suggestions though!
This is my system, let me know if there is anything else you need to know. I have flashed the BIOS and done other stuff via MSI Website and their Live Update facility. The date still changes, don't know what it's going to do when it reaches the 13th October, if it twists that date around it will be the 10th of the 13th, it'll have to invent a new month!
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6570 NVIDIA nFORCE K7N2G-L
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 08/02/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
123.51 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
65.88 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
IOMEGA ZIPCD1024INT-A [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-811S [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
HDS722512VLAT20 [Hard drive] (123.52 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VNR3GEC3G49ELK, rev V33OA60A, SMART Status: Healthy 480 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 123.51 GB 65.88 GB free
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I went into BIOS upon start up and changed the date to 13th October 2004 to see what would happen (there isn't a 13th month so wanted to know what it did). When XP loaded the date hadn't changed and was showing 13th October 2004.
Re-started again and changed the date in BIOS back to today's date, 11th October 2004. I was fully expecting it change to 10th November 2004 but it showed the correct date on the desktop. Don't know if this has fixed it or not. I'm getting fed up of re-starting my PC though!
does anybody solve the date problem ? i have it too. :(
I'm getting this problem now!!! Getting Windows boot up with 12th of March and not 3rd of December!!
It's got to be a Windows problem..... I've tried all sorts to fix it..... messing with the Regional settings, choosing a date that wouldn't be affected by the problem etc etc..... :mad:
This is weird...
All I can suggest is replacing the battery and re flash the bios. Maybe it's Windows having a conflict ? or maybe some strange Trojan/worm trying to mess up your AV ?? bad bios chip ?
Try Atmoic Clock it's like taking aspirin for a headache...it works :)
It can't be the battery for the CMOS/BIOS settings as when the PC starts up the date and time are correct. It is only when you finally get into Windows it is changed.
Also the other settings in the BIOS would have put back to their defaults.
I have found a fix!!! It's all down to how you word it when searching for an answer on the internet! :p
If you do the following to the letter the problem will be fixed!! So happy now! :D
1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
2. Navigate to the HKEY_USERS registry key.
3. From the File menu, select Load Hive.
4. Navigate to the \%systemdrive%\documents and settings\default user folder, select ntuser.dat, then click Open.
5. Enter a name for the registry entry (e.g., Default User), then click OK.
6. Navigate to the HKEY_USERS\Default User\Control Panel\International registry subkey.
7. Double-click the sShortDate registry entry.
8. Set the value to the date format required (e.g., dd/MM/yyyy), then click OK.
9. You can also change the sLongDate registry entry for the longer date format (e.g., dd MMMM yyyy), then click OK.
10. Select the HKEY_USERS\Default User registry subkey (or whatever you named it) again, then from the File menu select Unload Hive.
11. Click Yes to the confirmation.
12. Close the registry editor.
Glad you got it fixed :cheers: and thanks for bringing the answer back so we all know :)
I know how frustrating it can be for someone to have such a stupid problem with their system.
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