Inaccurate System Time/Clock (slow in Vista, normal in BIOS)

I bought a new laptop from bestbuy the other day. Everything is running well
except for the system clock. System time will be running slow, 10 sec in
every 15 min. So the system clock kept on drifting off . The accumulation in
a day will be around 10-20 min. OMG!

I've tried to sync the time via internet, then shutdown Vista, and return to
BIOS. I've been keeping an eye on it for one and a half hour. The system
time in BIOS seems very accurate. There is no lag occuring in BIOS system.

So, may I draw a conclusion, this is not a hardware problem but a vista
problem? Or should I return the laptop to bestbuy? Or should I just wait for
some kind of driver patch?

It is a really nice laptop, but the problem messed with me for days.

Hardware SPEC (if it helps):
CPU:Intel Core Duo T2060(1.6G)
RAM: 2X1G
HDD: 80G
MB: ATi Xpress 200M for intel
Graphic: Ati Radeon Xpress 200M (128M shared)
Optical: DVD+-RW Dual layer
,etc.
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

Hi,

Disable your antivirus software, does the problem still occur?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"tony" <> wrote in message
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>I bought a new laptop from bestbuy the other day. Everything is running
>well
> except for the system clock. System time will be running slow, 10 sec in
> every 15 min. So the system clock kept on drifting off . The accumulation
> in
> a day will be around 10-20 min. OMG!
>
> I've tried to sync the time via internet, then shutdown Vista, and return
> to
> BIOS. I've been keeping an eye on it for one and a half hour. The system
> time in BIOS seems very accurate. There is no lag occuring in BIOS system.
>
> So, may I draw a conclusion, this is not a hardware problem but a vista
> problem? Or should I return the laptop to bestbuy? Or should I just wait
> for
> some kind of driver patch?
>
> It is a really nice laptop, but the problem messed with me for days.
>
> Hardware SPEC (if it helps):
> CPU:Intel Core Duo T2060(1.6G)
> RAM: 2X1G
> HDD: 80G
> MB: ATi Xpress 200M for intel
> Graphic: Ati Radeon Xpress 200M (128M shared)
> Optical: DVD+-RW Dual layer
> ,etc.
> OS: Windows Vista Home Premium