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Started by rello
Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:38
GA-BX2000 loses cmos settings
Author: rello
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:38
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:38
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the above board loses its bios settings after powere is disconnected...as long as it is connected to the power the settings hold fine...the error given after a power disconect is "wide range protection" and it beeps alarmingly like an ambualnce siren until i load setup defaults in the bios and reboot..... have tried the following to remedy the problem: restored the secondary bios changed cmos battery flashed the bios to latest version any tips gratefully accepted relloman
Re: GA-BX2000 loses cmos settings
Author: KURIAKI
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:32
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:32
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Enter Dual BIOS Utility and check for: Wide Range Protection Boot From Auto Recovery -- Desde Cancun, Mexico KURIAKI 27,574 BIOS strings on my database BIOS Support: http://www.supportbios.info/Default2.asp?Idioma=EN "rello" <relloman@beasty.com> wrote in message news:410bbeee.1938066@news-server... > the above board loses its bios settings after powere is > disconnected...as long as it is connected to the power the settings > hold fine...the error given after a power disconect is "wide range > protection" and it beeps alarmingly like an ambualnce siren until i > load setup defaults in the bios and reboot..... > have tried the following to remedy the problem: > > restored the secondary bios > changed cmos battery > flashed the bios to latest version > > any tips gratefully accepted > > relloman
Re: GA-BX2000 loses cmos settings
Author: rello
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:14
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:14
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:32:43 -0500, "KURIAKI" <kuriaki@prodigy.net.mx> wrote: >Enter Dual BIOS Utility and check for: >Wide Range Protection >Boot From >Auto Recovery didnt work but thanks for your quick reply i disable wide range protection boot from auto recovery it then boots ok ...turn off the juice for 10 seconds and the bios resets to wide range protection: enabled halt on bios defects: disable auto recovery: enable boot from: main bios bios recovery: backup to main [greyed out] all other settings are also reset to the original settings when it was born..any other input gratefully received... btw windows 98 seems to be running ok... i am thinking i have to toss this nice board relloman
Re: GA-BX2000 loses cmos settings
Author: Rick
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:59
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:59
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Sure sounds like the CMOS batt, B4 I pitched it I would, clean CMOS Batt contacts (I apologize if ya did!). Make sure the new Batt is good (hold vmeter on batt. for awhile 30, 40 secs to discharge surface charge). 2cents from, Rick rello wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:32:43 -0500, "KURIAKI" <kuriaki@prodigy.net.mx> > wrote: > > >>Enter Dual BIOS Utility and check for: >>Wide Range Protection >>Boot From >>Auto Recovery > > didnt work > but thanks for your quick reply > i disable wide range protection boot from auto recovery it then boots > ok ...turn off the juice for 10 seconds and the bios resets to > wide range protection: enabled > halt on bios defects: disable > auto recovery: enable > boot from: main bios > bios recovery: backup to main [greyed out] > all other settings are also reset to the original settings when it was > born..any other input gratefully received... > btw windows 98 seems to be running ok... > i am thinking i have to toss this nice board > relloman
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