bios keeps on resetting

danjama · 4 Mar 2012 at 17:45

Hi all. Is there any other reason my bios would keep on resetting itself, other than the battery? I replaced the battery and it still keeps on doing it. If I turn the machine off and on straight away, or reset it, the bios is fine. It's if i power down and leave it for 10mins plus, I have to setup the bios all over again - it goes back to standard settings, including date and time. :confused:

I do have the profile saved in the UEFI so it's not too bad getting settings back, but it is a pain in the bum.

This is a new build.

1090t
asus m5a97 with latest bios and all latest software
4gb patriot ram
windows 7 64

The CPU is overclocked to 3.8ghz and stable, but this happens even at stock.

Any ideas? Google search shows up very little.

Silenced · 4 Mar 2012 at 18:05

I'm thinking your jumpers for clearing the BIOS are on the incorrect pins

danjama · 4 Mar 2012 at 18:18

Silenced said:
I'm thinking your jumpers for clearing the BIOS are on the incorrect pins

Maybe yeah, thanks. Would it come that way by default? I'll have a look in the manual.

danjama · 4 Mar 2012 at 18:53

You were right. Absolutely no jumper pin to speak of on the cmos pins. Not to be found in the mobo box either. Is that normal? Should i complain to the retailer? I just took a jumper from my old motherboard and problem seems to be solved.

d_brennen · 4 Mar 2012 at 18:58

For all the bother of emailing/phoning I'd not bother, it's a jumper

danjama · 4 Mar 2012 at 19:01

d_brennen said:
For all the bother of emailing/phoning I'd not bother, it's a jumper

True, but what if I was somebody who didn't really know what I was doing, and didn't know how to use forums? (in other words, what if i was old

)

Yeah i'll leave it. Odd though.

Silenced · 4 Mar 2012 at 19:21

Is odd for that to happen straight out the box, oh well, manufacturing blip, is to be expected on a large scale