Windows system time does not update consistently

[Martin14916]

Hi folks, I have an ongoing issue for a about two years now and I can't figure out the cause of it. 

My workstation is i7-4770k running at stock speed, Asus Z87pro, 32GB RAM 1600MHz, GTX 960 4GB. 20TB of total internal HDD storage, 1.75TB of SSD. Detailed list will follow. About two years ago, my Windows system time started to fail to update itself consistently. I would have to manually toggle "set time automatically" on and off to get the system update its time, and then it may or may not hold for sometime. Usually it would lose its track after a few hours even when the PC is on. Powering the system off would most certainly get the time to be not catching up.

Things I have tried:

* Replaced CMOS battery, did not help. Also learned how this would lose onboard RAID setup and learned how to rebuild RAID... 

* Tried changing windows time server options. Tried playing around with Windows time service, did not help.

* I have not tried to update BIOS yet, as I am not sure whether this would affect my onboard RAID setup again.

 

What could it be then? The motherboard? Any comments, suggestions and instructions on diagnosing this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

 

OS Name    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version    10.0.17134 Build 17134
Other OS Description     Not Available
OS Manufacturer    Microsoft Corporation
System Name   
System Manufacturer    ASUS
System Model    All Series
System Type    x64-based PC
System SKU    All
Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3501 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date    American Megatrends Inc. 1007, 2013-05-17
SMBIOS Version    2.7
Embedded Controller Version    255.255
BIOS Mode    Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
BaseBoard Model    Not Available
BaseBoard Name    Base Board
Platform Role    Desktop
Secure Boot State    Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration    Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory    C:\WINDOWS
System Directory    C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device    \Device\HarddiskVolume7
Locale    
Hardware Abstraction Layer    Version = "10.0.17134.1006"
User Name    
Time Zone    Mountain Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)    32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory    31.9 GB
Available Physical Memory    17.4 GB
Total Virtual Memory    33.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory    15.1 GB
Page File Space    2.00 GB
Page File    C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection    Off
Virtualization-based security    Not enabled
Device Encryption Support    Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not InstantGo, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions    Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions    Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware    No
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection    Yes
 

[Palden]

Sounds like corrupted system files. You can run command prompt in admin mode and try sfc /scannow and see if it finds and fixes the files, otherwise it's probably time for a fresh windows install.