Will a dead CMOS battery slow computer?

[rgjr61]

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic, Service Pack 2, 32 bit
Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2080 @ 1.73GHz, x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 12
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 1917 Mb
Graphics Card: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series, 4 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 112971 MB, Free - 57687 MB;
Motherboard: TOSHIBA, IAYAA
Antivirus: McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware, Updated and Enabled

Hi:

My CMOS battery is dead and I've yet to open and replace. I keep the time set correctly manually. Would this cause the computer to operate as if in slow motion?

I've run several CPU speed checks and all report over double the 1.73 GHz, sometimes as high as 2.8 GHz.

Any and all advice or comments will be appreciated.

Thanks, Robert

[Allan]

No, but replace it.

[rgjr61]

Thanks for writing. I've found instructions for doing so, now I have to work up the nerve!

Cheers, Robert

[Allan]

It's really no big deal. Takes five minutes.

[Computer_Commando]

It's really no big deal. Takes five minutes.

It's an older Toshiba laptop.  Might have to take it all apart to get to the CMOS battery.

[Allan]

Thanks CC - didn't notice it's a laptop.