Anyone?  Surely I'm not the only person with this problem.

I have the exact same problem on my 18 day old system. So far I have been unable to find any information or help. I'm slowly learning to live with it, but it is very annoying.

I would call Dell, last time my computer had that problem the CMOS battery was shot. On my 8600 it was in a little compartment in the battery tray.

Could that be the case with a BRAND NEW computer though?  I also noticed my "gadgets" do not remain accurate.  The weather temp hasn't chanced since I added it, and I know it's dropped and raised during the night.

 

For a new computer this thing sure seems buggy. 

My 8600 was new, had to replace the CMOS battery after a month. Those things have a shelf life of a few years, but since very little has changed over the years in CMOS batteries, you can't be sure how long they were on the shelf before being installed. And gadgets are software related, not too much to do with hardware. I would try uninstalling a few gadgets and reinstalling them.

I initially thought it would be the CMOS battery, but wouldn't that only be responsible for it losing time when the computer is switched off?

Finally had an opportunity to call Dell.  The tech I talked to had me download the BIOS application and it fixed the problem.  Computer now keeps time, and connects to time servers.  YAY!

-Go to...  http://www.support.dell.com/ , and click on "Search For Drivers".

 

-Next either "Select model", or enter your "service tag".

 

-You should now see a list...in that list it'll say BIOS.  Click and run that download.

 

Computer will restart, and voila! your clock should now function.

 

 

I don't suppose you could post a link to the download?

 

Thanks in advance 

Interesting....did you set the time yourself, or sync it to one of the time servers?