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The damned thing loses about 20 minutes/day and has
so since the machine was new about 3 years ago.

My guess is that it isn't fixable, but maybe you
have some ideas.

TIA.

Well... Guess t's too late for guarantee.

A new battery sometimes solves the problem.

Find the clock/calender chip on your mainboard. If it has a DIP package, it
can be replaced easily. (Hmm... That's to say I can. Don't know about your
skills.) Some SMD-packages can also be replaced but less easily.

Buy, build a battery backup clock that can communicate via the serial port
or an USB one. You will of course need some software too.

Ever saw a high accurate clock on a PCI-card. Don't remember where but still
remember I considered it way too expensive.

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