System Time lost if battery dies

Greetings.
I purchased a Satellite C55D-B5219 in September 2014. It's been running fine except for one issue. The device has fully drained maybe 3 or 4 times in past four months. Each of those times when I charge it back up for use as soon as I boot it the device comes up to the Setup Utility for me to re-enter the system time.
I've never seen this kind of behaviour before except on an old desktop that had a bad battery on the MB. I have the device in heavy use and would hate to have to wipe it and return it so I'm hoping for other options. At this point it's just an inconvience issue, resetting system time if the battery drains completely, but I fear it might lead to other problems down the road.
advTHANKSance!
-L

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LawrenceTilly wrote:...The device has fully drained maybe 3 or 4 times in past four months. Each of those times when I charge it back up for use as soon as I boot it the device comes up to the Setup Utility for me to re-enter the system time
Lawrence
This would indicate that the UEFI-BIOS battery is not good. When the system completely discharges, it's like when the old desktop you mentioned became unplugged, or there was a power failure, the BIOS battery is not holding power, so it reverts back to its initial time.
Your system should still be on warranty. Time to call Toshiba Support and arrange for a repair.
Good luck with that whole experience.
Mike

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