TRX40 AORUS XTREME (rev. 1.1) battery replacement

emerikano · 29 Dec 2021 at 08:36

I'm already clueless. I am not able to find the CMOS battery. The manual didn't help me, it's all covered. Would anyone please change the battery in this board to advise me? Thank you all very much.

RevBillyG · 29 Dec 2021 at 09:25

Looks like you need to remove that bottom-right cover.

emerikano · 29 Dec 2021 at 10:47

I put down everything that could be unscrewed. But much of the cover still remained. And I don't see the battery. I don't know how to put all the cover down.

mickyflinn · 29 Dec 2021 at 11:35

emerikano said:
I put down everything that could be unscrewed. But much of the cover still remained. And I don't see the battery. I don't know how to put all the cover down.

Page 37 of the manual shows you where the battery is so you need to take of the lower cover.

mickyflinn · 29 Dec 2021 at 11:55

emerikano said:
I put down everything that could be unscrewed. But much of the cover still remained. And I don't see the battery. I don't know how to put all the cover down.

Skip to 11min 20 sec to show you how to take the m2 and chipset cover off then you've got to get that bottom cover off for the bios battery.

emerikano · 29 Dec 2021 at 12:03

I did it exactly as seen in the video. But where is bottom cover off for the bios battery please? I don't see anything like a battery anywhere.

mickyflinn · 29 Dec 2021 at 12:17

emerikano said:
I did it exactly as seen in the video. But where is bottom cover off for the bios battery please? I don't see anything like a battery anywhere.

It is there according to the manual maybe it's time to email Gigabyte or call technical support.

emerikano · 29 Dec 2021 at 15:02

I wrote in support. They wrote me this:
Kindly click here to refer the manual on page 32 for unscrew the screws of the thermal cover and you should able to see the CMOS battery.
That is all.
I removed everything I could. Well, I only see this. No battery.

mickyflinn · 29 Dec 2021 at 15:28

emerikano said:
I wrote in support. They wrote me this:
Kindly click here to refer the manual on page 32 for unscrew the screws of the thermal cover and you should able to see the CMOS battery.
That is all.
I removed everything I could. Well, I only see this. No battery.

From the diagram its under the black shroud directly below the black screw and m2 stand off.

emerikano · 29 Dec 2021 at 15:53

could you please mark the place in the photo?

mickyflinn · 29 Dec 2021 at 19:02

emerikano said:
could you please mark the place in the photo?

I can't im on my phone.

If you put an m2 drive in the bottom right m2 slot markerd m2c socket where you put in the retaining screw to hold the drive in place the bios battery should be directly below , covered over by the plastic shroud.

V F · 29 Dec 2021 at 19:38

mickyflinn said:
I can't im on my phone.

If you put an m2 drive in the bottom right m2 slot markerd m2c socket where you put in the retaining screw to hold the drive in place the bios battery should be directly below , covered over by the plastic shroud.

Yeah, I see where it is. Cannot miss it. Right in the middle corner of that cover. Directly below the black screw. Right next to the last PCI-e slot lever.

https://www.gigabyte.com/FileUpload/Global/KeyFeature/1311/images/pcie4slotdesignsmall.jpg

emerikano · 29 Dec 2021 at 20:24

Yes, even according to the manual, the battery should be here. But I'm not able to put the plastic cover down. It has no screw and holds firmly.
And it's a big plastic pot that goes up to almost half of the board in one piece. In addition, there is RGB lighting in this plastic. And I wouldn't want to damage or break it.

And nowhere in the manual is there instructions on how to put this plastic down. The instructions are only for what is already revealed in the photo.
So I really don't know anymore

V F · 29 Dec 2021 at 23:19

Has to be something holding it on... I see no screws from the back? It also looks like a complete piece of plastic over the sata ports.

https://bit-tech.net/media/image/2019/12/bff9dbc1-a3ba-441f-b9e9-8ed63338aba2.jpg
https://bit-tech.net/media/image/2019/12/90519a4a-7e6b-4a55-bde4-250d942aa2b4.jpeg

There has to be a way into it. Unless there is a hidden screw behind the backplate... :eek:

https://www.gigabyte.com/FileUpload/Global/KeyFeature/1311/images/gallery05.jpg

I would contact Gigabyte to see if they can advise you. I cannot see anybody with that cover off. Then of course getting a good response from them could be a challenge in itself for the specific area.

emerikano · 29 Dec 2021 at 23:39

well due to the ordinary battery disassemble the whole computer .... it's too demanding

V F · 30 Dec 2021 at 04:58

I wonder why they would place it in such an obscure place... Is the battery giving you issues?

I would still contact them to see if they can help.

emerikano · 30 Dec 2021 at 06:28

About every fifth day, the bios is reset.
there are no other problems. so i think the battery is the most likely cause.

I wrote in support, I also sent them a photo. but they haven't answered me yet.

mickyflinn · 30 Dec 2021 at 11:38

emerikano said:
About every fifth day, the bios is reset.
there are no other problems. so i think the battery is the most likely cause.

I wrote in support, I also sent them a photo. but they haven't answered me yet.

Let us know what they say.

wookiee87 · 30 Dec 2021 at 12:16

theres no easy way to say but you will need to take the motherboard out and remove the highlighted screws to remove the whole trim (plastic) part on the otherside to access the cmos battery to replace

after the screws are out the part highlighted below should be free to access under it (cmos battery)

RevBillyG · 30 Dec 2021 at 14:37

Yikes, what a pain :/