On 13 Jul 2006 03:50:13 -0700, "
wrote:

The "clock" has never kept correct time.

The weakening battery on the motherboard can cause this, but as it
gets weaker one would loose the BIOS setting and have to reset them.

The CD drawer opens and closes randomly.

Years ago a virus was known to cause the CD to act like this. It was a
nuisance more than a file damaging virus and now hardware damaging
ones.


Oren