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CMOS won't save
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:34 am
by Niteghost
I was editing some settings, in the BIOS, now, it won't save ,and Reboot.
Luckily, I have a RESET button in front of the PC case, and I can hear the beep and able to reboot back to Windows 7
is my BIOS gone?
Re: CMOS won't save
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:57 am
by edwin
What make/model is your system and did you replace the 3V lithium coin cell CR2032 CMOS battery with a new one?
Re: CMOS won't save
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:21 am
by Niteghost
edwin wrote:What make/model is your system and did you replace the 3V lithium coin cell CR2032 CMOS battery with a new one?
No, I did NOT change the Battery
Here is an Overall System snapshot:
Re: CMOS won't save
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:35 pm
by edwin
It's located at the front edge of the board near the middle, left of the yellow harddisk connectors. The type number is CR2032 should be readily available in any computer shop.
large image of the board
It's a likely cause of your problem and a cheap fix. the other possible problem could be bad capacitors, more info on that is available on this website:
http://www.badcaps.net
Re: CMOS won't save
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:59 am
by Niteghost
Don't U think by just popping out the Battery and popping it in again, that will CLEAR the CMOS, and I can start fresh again with the Default settings of the BIOS?
Re: CMOS won't save
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:16 pm
by edwin
possible but it also means you still cannot save any new settings. you want to replace the cmos battery with a new one. they are around $1.
