AMD asus a7v 133 Help

[KevDaMan]

I was checking out some settings in bios and I changed a memory setting and now it wont boot i tried turning off power and checked manual for cmos clear and i cant seem to find a cmos clear jumper can some 1 help i tired turning off jumper free mode and what not and nonthign just beep beep beep suggestions?

[theflyingrat]

lol...clearing the CMOS is such a pain in the rear with these boards. My brother and friend both have them. While it's mounted inside the case, toward the top-front side of the motherboard right next to the CMOS battery, there are a couple of solder points that look like jumper pins should be there. You need to put a flat-headed screwdriver across these two solder points. This is the CMOS clear. No jumper. Just those two dumb little solder points.

Make sure the machine is unplugged when you do this. Short the points for 5 seconds or so, and you should be good to go - it's always gotten us up and running in no time. You just gotta be good with a screwdriver.

[kirbster]

normally just hit reset a few times when it is trying to boot and it will reset itself to "safe mode" 100 fsb 100mem.

[KevDaMan]

Yep i reset the cmos which was a real pain in the but think they would just make it a simple jumper but no that would be too good to be true. thx for the advice i was starting to get ****ed :) strange they dont list it under the jumper options or anything in the manual which is another pain in da butt. Thx for quick responce :)

[theflyingrat]

Quite alright - anything to help! If you were wondering, there are valid reasons Asus does this. In many areas of the world, the A7V133 is a popular OEM board - meaning that if you got a really nice Dell or Gateway or whatever, an A7V may very well be in it. Not having a jumper makes it easier for a systems administrator to keep people from clearing pre-determined settings from their BIOS. It's a stretch, but every little bit helps in some cases.

[Goldwing]

Originally posted by KevDaMan
strange they dont list it under the jumper options or anything in the manual which is another pain in da butt.

They list the instructions under "Forgot your password?". I think it is a fair reach from a forgotten password to resetting the CMOS.

I have been where you were. Also if you set the jumpers to "enabled" and the default CPU settings it can recover if the other tricks don't work.