lozza23_uk Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 I know a lot of you have these boards, and I have done some reading but cannot find anything relating to the problem I have. I have just put this board in, reinstalled windows etc. Done all the mobo updates etcetc. When I restart the machine sometimes it just dumps the BIOS settings and reverts to a 100mhz FSB (cpu is a 2200+ which s 133 std fsb) I have no idea why it dumps all my BIOS settings for no reason. ANyone else experienced this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 it's a combination of 2 things. 1 cmos bat is low 2 power supply is just a touch too low on the 12v end I've found when those two things come toegether this happens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozza23_uk Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 my first thought was the battery. common problem? I have never had a CMOS battery die on me before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 lord only knows how long a cmos battery sat on someones shelf before it ended up in your motherboard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozza23_uk Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 fair comment. Will swap it out tomorrow fr another one see if it helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeter_acres Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 The first thing I do when I get a new mobo is replace the battery.... I agree 100% with Red...ya never know how old the battery is even if your board is brand new Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozza23_uk Posted June 26, 2004 Posted June 26, 2004 well i put a battery from another mobo in (the battery from teh mobo I just replaced with teh DFI) It hasnt helped. Could it happen if you reboot a certain amount of times in a certain timeframe? Every setting i change i let it boot to windows, then reboot to change another setting. after a couple of reboots to get back to teh bios it has dumped the whole lot? Maybe it is cooked...RMA time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodking Posted June 26, 2004 Posted June 26, 2004 try to flash the bios again to the latest official bios and clear CMOS properly. it might help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUMaestro Posted June 26, 2004 Posted June 26, 2004 exert all your options before RMAing, which might be your only choice if you can't figure out your problem. get a new battery, not one from an old system, download MBM5 or Speedfan or whatever you like, to check voltages on your rails. make sure they are reported as close to their ideal voltage outputs. and finally, update to the newest BIOS in case there is a problem with it for some reason... if all those are done and you still got problems RMA it.. but don't let a bad PSU give you the same problems with another board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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