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[Kajay]

Hi Guys & Girls
Im sure someone on here will be able to tell me whats going on with my PC cos Im lost.

My PC is about 6 yrs old now with a striker extreme motherboard
The other day it wouldnt boot and came up with CMOS Error
I went into the Bios and found it had reset itself to 2006 and had no time or date.
I adjusted it all to how it should be and it fired up, switched it off and pulled the plug then tried restarting it (with the plug back in before any smart arse comments) and it had lost it all again, so I thought OK its just the CR2032 battery on the motherboard so I changed it for a brand spanking new one and tried it again but then it just hung on the boot screen saying loading Bios.
Put the old battery back in and it would let me get to the Bios and boot up.
Thought id bought a dodgy battery so I bought another one tried it and again it just hangs when u try and access the Bios.

WTF is going on

[(FG) NeeDSiE]

Kajay, on 20 May 2012 - 09:16 PM, said:

Hi Guys & Girls
Im sure someone on here will be able to tell me whats going on with my PC cos Im lost.

My PC is about 6 yrs old now with a striker extreme motherboard
The other day it wouldnt boot and came up with CMOS Error
I went into the Bios and found it had reset itself to 2006 and had no time or date.
I adjusted it all to how it should be and it fired up, switched it off and pulled the plug then tried restarting it (with the plug back in before any smart arse comments) and it had lost it all again, so I thought OK its just the CR2032 battery on the motherboard so I changed it for a brand spanking new one and tried it again but then it just hung on the boot screen saying loading Bios.
Put the old battery back in and it would let me get to the Bios and boot up.
Thought id bought a dodgy battery so I bought another one tried it and again it just hangs when u try and access the Bios.

WTF is going on

when you replace the battery, reset the cmos by switching the jumper to reset on the mobo, then switch on your pc, then turn it off and switch the jumper back to normal then fire it up again, should let you get into the bios now.

[Kajay]

Already tried that

[(FG) NeeDSiE]

I don't think it's the battery, it doesn't actually do anything apart from retain settings when there's no power going through the system, you can power a computer without a battery at all, just means you have to set the bios settings each time, I suspect an IDE/SATA fault, check all connections to the mobo and see if nothing has popped out

[Kajay]

If i leave it plugged into the wall it keeps its Bios settings if I unplug it , it loses it all so I assume its the battery , what I cant understand is why it wont even let me in the Bios when I put a new battery in but it will with the old one

[(FG) Imp Hunter]

Sounds like the boards on its way out mate.

[Kajay]

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Sounds like the boards on its way out mate.

Thats what I thought

Oh well im getting to old for this gaming lark anyway, shall have to buy myself a Kindle and read war stories instead