Shutdown your computer.  Do not unplug it.  Open up the case and hit the CMOS button.  Hold it for about 4 seconds.  Restart computer.  Your BIOS settings will be reset to the default to you might want to save the BIOS before you do this.  Resetting the CMOS is the only solution.  Believe me I have done a ton of research on this.  Some have had to reset the CMOS again after 6 or 7 months but between that time, you have an accurate clock.  Didn't realize ASUS was working on a fix.

 

Best regards,

Shutdown your computer.  Do not unplug it.  Open up the case and hit the CMOS button.  Hold it for about 4 seconds.  Restart computer.  Your BIOS settings will be reset to the default to you might want to save the BIOS before you do this.  Resetting the CMOS is the only solution.  Believe me I have done a ton of research on this.  Some have had to reset the CMOS again after 6 or 7 months but between that time, you have an accurate clock.  Didn't realize ASUS was working on a fix.

 

Best regards,

Hi firehawk44,

Yes, every-time when you reset the bios to the default you need to go back and adjust everything to whatever settings you had before or as you suggesting have it saved  and just reload that state. With that little program I mentioned you don't have to go into bios at all, it is just updating your date and time automatically for you without any hassle.  This is my experience dealing with this issue and please believe me I don't waist any more time going back and force with the bios reset and all that procedure anymore. What is disappointing is that asus knows about it and still there is no fix to it.  

Kind regards,

Alex

 

 

With that little program I mentioned you don't have to go into bios at all, it is just updating your date and time automatically for you without any hassle.

 

I don't want to get everyone confused here.  I wasn't talking about a BIOS reset.  I know for a fact a BIOS reset to the default will not work.  I was talking about the CMOS.  To get to the CMOS you have to open up your case and push the CMOS button on the MB for 4 seconds and the problem is fixed - 100% of the time.

 

It took me a long time to find the solution and find that NetTime program. I found that neat little program on the Internet too but it occasionally had to be opened and the time refreshed as it was getting a few seconds off after a week.  I have to get up at five minutes until midnight every night and make a tee time 14 days in advance for my golfing group and my computer time has to be extremely accurate. The tee time program changes over exactly at midnight and, if the clock is not right, I'll have to wait until my system turns over to midnight.  One or two seconds off, and I'll end up getting the 2nd or 3rd tee time (there are a lot of computer geeks I am competing with).  If I fail to get the first tee time, my group members, made up of 70 and 80 year olds, get very upset with me as we want to finish early and catch our naps.  :lol:

 

Thanks for your input.

 

Best regards,

Thank you so much for all this new information, now I don't have to bang my head anymore. You guys have gave me enough information for a work around until Asus gets this issue fixed. I did not even know that this was a known problem with Asus boards. This is what makes this community so great! Again, thank you all very much.

 

Regards,

 

Lamar Wright

This is the last I'll post on this thread, 

 

The ASUS thread:

 

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?35490-Sabertooth-Z87-Bios-Clock-Issue

 

goes through many scenarios and users with similar date problems on ASUS z87 boards.   Many users reset the CMOS over and over.   Jim's statement "to open up your case and push the CMOS button on the MB for 4 seconds and the problem is fixed - 100% of the time." is sadly enough, not 100% accurate.  My Sabertooth Z87 does not have a CMOS Reset button, it has a Jumper connector (3-pin CLRTC).  The motherboard manual discusses clearing the CMOS with all power off.     This is the simpleist and safeist place to start.   It did not resolve the problem for me.  Contacting ASUS, reading , and logically and gradiently approaching the problem HAS resolved the issue (knock on wood.)   

 

In the thread with Raja@ASUS, the next step to "fix" the problem was resetting the CMOS in standby mode by using the Clear RTC RAM jumper. Many times this re-set the Intel Interface Management Engine and solved the problem, other users were not so fortunate and this was not the fix for their system.  

 

Reflashing the UEFI (BIOS) and installing the updated Intel Interface Management Engine driver (from the ASUS support site.)  "resolved" the issue for many, but not all.  Long story short -- start simple, and logically work your way up.  Utilize ASUS Support.   With my board clearing the CMOS (as suggested by Jim)  worked briefly, but was not the solution.  So far, the updated Intel Management Engine driver and the UEFI (BIOS) update has "apparently" handled the issue, although it has only been about a month.

 

It seems that the issue is not just a single simple solution to all.  The newer UEFI (BIOS) is apparently still is in its evolution with the higher end motherboards, and this issue is not just a simple "one cause, one fix".

 

Don

It's not just the latest and greatest; my trusty old Asus P5 (!) finally Met its Maker primarily because the CMOS went insane, despite repeated resettings, reflashings and the waving of coiled piglets' tails over the power supply at 3am on Sunday mornings while murmuring incantations to the Swine Gods under my breath. I had long chats with ASUS veterans, inside and outside the company, all to no avail.

 

And this happened to two, identical P5s I bought at the same time.

 

I don't know what it is, but ASUS' BIOS/CMOS engineering team need replacing. It's astonishing they still can't get this right, many years on.

 

Steve

 

 

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hychewright

This is an ongoing issue with asus for at least 5 months and there is no fix yet. What I did is search for and download NetTimeSetup-314.exe. Install the program and run it automatically at start-up until they find a real solution for this issue. It takes about 8 seconds after the boot process and date and time will be updated. Time update in windows will not do the trick. I had this issue with some programs especially with Active Sky new version, will ask constantly to register the software because of wrong date and time. Since I installed this program (by the way very little on system resources, no penalty or performance degradation) I have no issues, still waiting for a real fix from asus.

 

Kind regards,

Alex

 

Alex, thank you for this workaround until Asus comes up with a fix. Downloaded the NetTimeSetup and it works like a charm. Not lost a single minute since install.

 

Regards,

 

Lamar

Alex, thank you for this workaround until Asus comes up with a fix. Downloaded the NetTimeSetup and it works like a charm. Not lost a single minute since install.

 

Regards,

 

Lamar

Lamar, happy to hear that. 

All the best

Alex