resetting CMOS?

[briant6]

how do I reset the CMOS on the ASUS A7V133 MB? thanks....

 

[WillysNut]

Go the this website and download an electronic copy of the manual for your mobo...directions to reset CMOS and location of CMOS jumper will be in the manual:

｜｜ASUS Global

www.asus.com

 

[Goldwing]

Look on page 59 under the heading "Forgot the Password?" and follow the instructions.
If that doesn't work (It doesn't always) remove the battery, short across the CLRTC solder points, put the battery back in.

 

[briant6]

this might be a dumb question but what is the easiest way to short CLRT nodes on the MB? I need to reset my CMOS b/c my 1.2 ghz TB and asus a7v133 won't post anymore after I replaced the supplied HSF with a Swiftech HSF....I am not sure if I had fried my cpu or not...I examined the cpu's kernel but didn't see any brownish color around it....when I put the old HSF back, it still didn't post but I noticed that the heatsink was a little bit warm....so, I'm assuming that my cpu hasn't fried yet right? could the problem be the MB? It was working fine until I replaced the HSF....please help....

 

[Phil]

I hate it when this happens, I have often had the problem where I open my pc for one reason or another and it won't prost when I put it back together, first thing to try is resetting the bios, eiether removing the battery or using the battery short jumper, do it for a few seconds to be sure it resets. If this doesn't help strip the computer down and then put tha cpu, ram and vid card in and nothing else to make sure you can boot, then add each component 1 at a time and hope it works, if it stops after you add a component then that may be dead, if it doesn't post with the bare components then try testing the seperately in another machine. The computer not posting and giving no beeps is usually something to do with ram, the cpu or motherboard, I have no idea why mine refuses to post like this and after reconstructing it it works every time it's just one of those things that happens with such delicate and complex equipment.

 

[Goldwing]

briant6 (Jun 11, 2001 10:12 a.m.):
this might be a dumb question but what is the easiest way to short CLRT nodes on the MB?

To short across the solder points use an electrically conductive device (i.e. the flat end of a screwdriver, paper clip, etc.)
Another thing that sometimes is necessary is to set the motherboard to the jumper mode by moving the jumper from the JEN jumper to 1-2 (from 2-3) and setting the DIP switches to the default settings for your CPU. If this works then you will be able to power down and unplug switch back to jumper-free mode by moving the JEN jumper back to 2-3. There is no need to set the DIP swiches back to all off (default) as there may be a need to do it again later and everything will already be set.
Hope this is the extend of your problems.

 

[klosters64a]

I destroyed an Asus mainboard by shorting the CLRTC solder points. I was in a hurry and neglected to RTFM. $139, ka-ching.

Earlier Asus handbooks instructed you to unplug the twenty-pin ATX power connector that goes from the PS to the mainboard. Then short the solder points for a moment.

Once bitten, thrice shy. After scrambling the BIOS on a new Asus mobo by putting the board on top of a TV, then idiotically turning the TV on, I hoped to fix the mainboard by clearing the BIOS.

This time, I unplugged the PS from the wall and let the box sit twithout power overnight. I used a strip of masking tape on the CMOS battery. Releasing it from its holder and removing it without touching it was easy. I replaced it after ten minutes then plugged the power cord into the back of the PS.

Voyla like they say in France, the BIOS now ID'd the C366 correctly and defaulted to 66.6 Mhz FSB-- rather than detecting it as a C550 and setting the FSB to 100 Mhz! This olde Celly runs at 100 Mhz FSB at stock Core Voltage, no sweat. As not all Celly's and CII's run at 100 Mhz FSB, this could have been a problem!

 

[Gunjaa]

little tip... u can use the tip of your finger, only takes a quick touch (not recommended unless u earth yourself first though)
I found out accidently on my old Jetway mobo. the pins were right near the voltage ones,and typical of me, the voltage used to get adjusted constantly, all in the name of oc'ing .