Hoping the brain power of this forum will be able to solve this riddle for me. I built two (almost) identical systems last August, and one has had an intermittent issue with the BIOS Date and Time resetting to factory default (1/1/08) after the system being off for more than 5 to 10 minutes. Other custom settings in the BIOS remain (such as disabling the boot logo, or the wait time), so that implies it isn't the MB battery (which I also changed numerous times). If the power is off to the power supply over night (or even for a few hours), then I do loose all custom settings in the BIOS as well as the date and time resetting to 1/1/08. I RMA'ed this motherboard to ASUS, and the one they replaced it with is still having the same issue. I have swapped all the components (including the case) with spare ones from my working rig (except the motherboard of course), and the issue remains. I also replaced the CMOS reset jumper, since the original seemed very loose (not much friction from the pins keeping it in place).
Here are the components being used:
Boot Drive:Vertex 4 128GB Boot VTX4-25SAT3-128G
Data Drive: Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1tb black
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Motherboard: Sabertooth 990FX V1 (BIOS v1604)
GPU: XFX 6950
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) CML16GX3M2A1600C10
Optical: LG BluRay Burner WH14NS40
CPU: AMD FX-8150 Zambezi
OS: Win7 Pro
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am going to open a ticket with ASUS as well, but I'm not convinced the issue is with the MB (since they already replaced it and it is still having the same issue).
Thanks!
Here are the components being used:
Boot Drive:Vertex 4 128GB Boot VTX4-25SAT3-128G
Data Drive: Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1tb black
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Motherboard: Sabertooth 990FX V1 (BIOS v1604)
GPU: XFX 6950
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) CML16GX3M2A1600C10
Optical: LG BluRay Burner WH14NS40
CPU: AMD FX-8150 Zambezi
OS: Win7 Pro
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am going to open a ticket with ASUS as well, but I'm not convinced the issue is with the MB (since they already replaced it and it is still having the same issue).
Thanks!