Cmos problems

[jublee]

Hi there,

I have a legend qdi m.board, but everytime i boot the computer all my cmos hasn't been saved, i tried a new battery, but it resets itself everytime i boot, any ideas

[tmx468]

If there is a jumper on the motherboard to 'clear CMOS', make sure it isn't set... check in the manual - it will be clear what is what...

[TOAD6147]

Yes, it sounds like the CMOS jumper has been left in the 'dump' position. If not it could be a bad board.

[Telexen]

I've never worked on a board that will even boot with the jumper set to clear the cmos

[jublee]

I did have to clear the cmos a few times as i was trying another CPU in this board and it wouldn't boot, it was o.k till i kept clearing it, the jumpers are in the normal position, but now it keeps reseting.

[Droppyale]

are you able to get to the bios each time? or do you have to reset the cmos?

[jublee]

I am able to get to the bios, i just have to keep changing the time etc on each boot.

[meese]

Maybe you got a bogus battery. Try another one.

[MatrixmaN]

Not to hijack your thread or anything but when you say "wont boot" would that have anything to do with no video output as well? I'm thinking I may have a CMOS problem because I have no video and I really wanna rule out a bad mobo and processor when they are both brand spankin new out of the box.

[baby asp-er]

have you tried flashing the bios? I've seen that before on certain boards. Otherwise you may need to replace the board altogether.