For whatever reason, my PC Time now stop when I turn off the whole PC. When I open it again, the date and time all become outdated. At first I can still click "Sync your clock" but now this also may fail. What can I do to resolve this? What could be the cause?

check and replace motherboard cmos batter,
c2302
https://shopee.com.my/PANASONIC-CR2032-3V-C...3955.2117463252

This post has been edited by PJng: Jan 7 2023, 12:12 AM

go diy buy cr2032 battery and replace on your motherboard..watch youtube how..easy as play lego

I suspect this as well but I cant find where is this slot. Ha ha. My PC is just close to 4 years. So fast need to change?

Is desktop pc? Open case and see
Here my old acer desktop pc


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Yeah. Its desktop PC. Will it cause any damage to my PC if I dont change it? Really dont know where is it. Cant find the battery location.

can use freeware apps to update automatically...when online





sos

what pc is this? a prebuilt like dell/hp/lenovo, or a custom build?
no damage but bios settings may be lost, and some pcs dont like that and will throw an error on boot

please provide desktop model or motherboard model

Thanks. Will check this out.

Its custom built. I think my motherboard is Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master.

The red circle in the image below highlights the location of your CMOS battery

Looks like I have to remove my graphic card to replace the battery. My goodness.

Every PC will has a battery to store the CMOS settings. The same goes for laptops but with a smaller battery. An exception of Macs which used a capacitor to keep the PRAM settings.

For desktop, changing is easy with just a standard CR2032 battery. For laptops, usually a sealed CR2032 or smaller with a 2-3 pin connector.

Everything can DIY. Good to learn too.

This post has been edited by acbc: Jan 9 2023, 06:44 PM

What if I dont change the battery? Will it cause problem?

Just unplug the GPU temporarily la, it's not that hard
The whole thing will take less than 5 minutes

1. Disconnect the HDMI/Displayport cable from the back of the GPU
2. Disconnect the power cable to your GPU
3. Unplug the graphic card
4. Remove the old CMOS battery
5. Install new CMOS battery
6. Reinstall the graphic card
7. Reconnect the power cable to your GPU
8. Reconnect the HDMI/DisplayPort cable to the back of the GPU

Boom. You're done

Looks like you need to replace CMOS battery, buy & DIY yourself by following youtube video.

I just had mine replaced and yes, most likely blocked by the chunky display card. Done and dusted. Just randomly will boot with blue screen and failing to find a solution by windows. After 2 restarts then it booted normally.

Cmos battery aside, what am i missing?

Windows 10. AMD chipset. B450 Pro Asrock.

I had the same problem on my old desktop.
Followed all the possible solution from google such as services, setting, sync time setting etc... didn't solve until I change the CMOS battery.
Just remove the GPU if can't access. small issue.

It is advisable to change the CMOS battery. Had experience from some of my customers that are leaving that not replacing it for years, even changing the battery after that won't be able to save anymore.