P5Q-E won't save changes in BIOS - what about yours?

I own a P5Q-EM and have had the same problem for about a year , Ive tried about 4 different batteries and still no luck .

My last hope is this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIOS-CHIP...aptopMotherboards_CPUs_CA&hash=item27bd69d9d9

The board is still usable as it will keep settings if i keep the PSU on 24/7 in standby so the motherboard always has power

Most strange - its been driving me crazy for a while

Another bump after three years. In short, I've got the mobo to actually save some settings, by enabling the overvoltage jumper and doing a deep CMOS reset (30 minuts or so) and disabling floppy as a boot device.

However, I can't get the mobo to save the settings and properly post whenever I change the 'tuner' settings away from auto. In some cases it will save a voltage change and post, but not always. Once, I got the processor to post at 4.0GHz before the F1 message, but I couldn't repeat even that later.

I've tried with the following, to no avail:

– manually set FSB/mem ration
– load line calibration enabled
– RAM write training etc. disabled (for enhanced OC ability)
– enabling or disabling, high and low settings for some of the tweaks (like memory tuner)

Nothing really works.

Anything I may be missing?

samsonJS said:

it gets stuck, fans whirring but no one's home.

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That typically occurs when the FSB-to-DRAM ratio got set wrong.
Or OC'ing cores with CPU load line calibration disabled.

NewbieOneKenobi said:

Anything I may be missing?

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See post #15.

Mr.Scott said:

See post #15.

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It has two BIOS chips, both would have to be damaged. I don't get any errors when updating BIOS (i.e. saving to one).

NewbieOneKenobi said:

It has two BIOS chips, both would have to be damaged. I don't get any errors when updating BIOS (i.e. saving to one).

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Not true. Only one has to be damaged. The backup bios chip gets it's image from the primary one. If the primary one is bad, so is the backup image.
Because you don't get an error doesn't mean crap. The chip is getting a good flash in the softwares eyes. If the chip doesn't store the flash properly, that's the chips fault, not the flash.
BTW, for those who think their board is invincible because it has dual bios's, think twice. I've killed both bios chips in one boot many times just by over overclocking the ram.

Mr.Scott said:

Not true. Only one has to be damaged. The backup bios chip gets it's image from the primary one. If the primary one is bad, so is the backup image.
Because you don't get an error doesn't mean crap. The chip is getting a good flash in the softwares eyes. If the chip doesn't store the flash properly, that's the chips fault, not the flash.
BTW, for those who think their board is invincible because it has dual bios's, think twice. I've killed both bios chips in one boot many times just by over overclocking the ram.

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Makes sense. I'll be getting another P5Q-E then, just to check, unless I can get the ROMs cheap enough to make a difference.

You can get the bios chips for around $15 a piece. Come pre flashed too.

Hi, guys. Replaced the mobo with the exact same model, used, for about 40 bucks (fooling around with ROM sticks would have cost at least half that and more hassle). Scalped Wolf is trotting along at 4 GHz and laughing at it, with better temps than I had at stock speed before the replacement. The funky A-DATA Vitesta sticks are giving me almost a thousand. Yay.

Time to do some cable management and play Lord of the Bearings™.