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Re the rig in my sig, with some time on my hands I decided to open up the case, get 6 months of dust out, tidy up a few of the cables I never got round too and just generally make things spick and span.
I turned on the PC and it posted fine, taking me to a screen saying
'CMOS Battery Low'
Press F1 for Setup
Press F2 to load default values
So I pressed F1 and went into the BIOS. I was shocked to find that nearly every single setting in the BIOS had been changed to the last option in its list, or the highest value the field would allow. For Example the CPU vCore had been set to 1.70v!! Most annoingly of all, it's changed all the really complex fields that I have no idea what it does and whether it was enabled or disabled!
So anyway I set everything back as best as I could. I restarted and the PC won't post. Just fans spinning full speed. So I removed the CMOS battery to reset and got the 'CMOS Battery Low' message, then got back into the BIOS. Tried changing settings then once again no POST.
So I can easily get to the 'CMOS Battery Low' message, and could press F2 for 'default values'. I am a bit scared to press this as I thougt when you removed the CMOS battery, everything would reset to auto. Anyway I'm a bit scared if I do load default values, I might give my a CPU a lethal shot of 1.7v and my RAM 2.5v!
I've just reset the CMOS battery once again, but havn't turned it back on. I'm just wondering, will the CMOS battery charge up through the monitor? Or does it require a new battery? I last tried turning it on about 15mins ago, and just wondering if I should leave it for a couple of hours for the CMOS battery to charge up with the mobo in standby (if it does?).
Thanks.
I turned on the PC and it posted fine, taking me to a screen saying
'CMOS Battery Low'
Press F1 for Setup
Press F2 to load default values
So I pressed F1 and went into the BIOS. I was shocked to find that nearly every single setting in the BIOS had been changed to the last option in its list, or the highest value the field would allow. For Example the CPU vCore had been set to 1.70v!! Most annoingly of all, it's changed all the really complex fields that I have no idea what it does and whether it was enabled or disabled!
So anyway I set everything back as best as I could. I restarted and the PC won't post. Just fans spinning full speed. So I removed the CMOS battery to reset and got the 'CMOS Battery Low' message, then got back into the BIOS. Tried changing settings then once again no POST.
So I can easily get to the 'CMOS Battery Low' message, and could press F2 for 'default values'. I am a bit scared to press this as I thougt when you removed the CMOS battery, everything would reset to auto. Anyway I'm a bit scared if I do load default values, I might give my a CPU a lethal shot of 1.7v and my RAM 2.5v!
I've just reset the CMOS battery once again, but havn't turned it back on. I'm just wondering, will the CMOS battery charge up through the monitor? Or does it require a new battery? I last tried turning it on about 15mins ago, and just wondering if I should leave it for a couple of hours for the CMOS battery to charge up with the mobo in standby (if it does?).
Thanks.
