Tweaked Bios won't save after power down

Drapper

Guys,

Getting really pissed with Asus and I'm considering fing this Board out too!!

The BIos in the A8n32sli delux is fantastic, maybe a little toooo much! flashed it to the latest version.

The problem is :-

1. CMOS will not save after reboot and goes back to default.
2. I've replaced the battery and no change
3. All jumpers ar ein the right place

Is there something I am missing ?

conzy

Did you clear the bios then load optimized defaults after the bios Flash?

If you didnt do it now.

Its probably just a bit confused

Drapper

conzymaher wrote:

Did you clear the bios then load optimized defaults after the bios Flash?

If you didnt do it now.

Its probably just a bit confused

I flashed
loaded
tweaked bios
f10
restarted
works
close XP
power off pc and plug out
restart
bios boots default settings
no previuos settings saveed :-(

conzy

Clear the bios and take out the battery for ~5 minutes.

Then load optimized defaults.

Where did you get the battery? was it just lying around? is it the same voltage as the old on:eek:

Do you have a multimeter to test the battery?

Drapper

will do so ! any keep you posted!

Alkers

Did you get this sorted - I have a similar problem now.

Drapper

Simona1986 wrote:

Did you get this sorted - I have a similar problem now.

yup replaced the mobo ! was faulty

Alkers

But it worked fine before you flashed the BIOS? Exact same thing here. Don't think I can RMA as I changed the chipset cooler.

conzy

*Cough* DFI *Cough*

Flash the bios back to the previous one. You did back up the original didnt you:p

Bios upgrades are unneccesary and dangerous unless they address a probem your having and or give better support for your components........

awhir

did you flash your cozzy to the new 1 ??

conzy

Crucial Ballistix used to have problems with DFI boards but the Bios that addressed the problem came with my board so I never had to flash it.........

And if i did flash the Bios I would have to do all my overclocking again, and I might not even reach 3ghz again......

Newer does not mean better in the world of Bioses:D

P.s The only bios I ever flashed was on my Dad's ASUS A8N-E so that it would detect the opteron 148 correctly, which reminds me I have to start overclocking that again

awhir

conzymaher wrote:

Crucial Ballistix used to have problems with DFI boards but the Bios that addressed the problem came with my board so I never had to flash it.........

And if i did flash the Bios I would have to do all my overclocking again, and I might not even reach 3ghz again......

Newer does not mean better in the world of Bioses:D

P.s The only bios I ever flashed was on my Dad's ASUS A8N-E so that it would detect the opteron 148 correctly, which reminds me I have to start overclocking that again

LOL nice pc for your dad.

conzy

Yup, He runs really demanding apps such as Microsoft word and Excel:D

It has a gig of tccd OCZ platinium Rev 2 aswell

If i go dual core with my rig, I might swap my ballistix for the OCZ platinium as it will do 300mhz plus, where as the ballistix needs 2.9 volts to do 280 and it gets very hot.........

Alkers

conzymaher wrote:

*Cough* DFI *Cough*

Flash the bios back to the previous one. You did back up the original didnt you:p

Bios upgrades are unneccesary and dangerous unless they address a probem your having and or give better support for your components........

Mine is an MSI, leaving the CMOS overnight with the hope it will work then. If not I'll resort back to the previous. Need 2.8V iirc for the ram to reacj 300Mhz - damn 3000+ with the low multi.

Drapper

how'd it go ?

btw where can I buy a CMOS battery in Dublin for an A8N SLi DElux?

Alkers

It didn't - tried a different BIOS and it was grand though.
I flashed the BIOS so I could give the ram more voltage so it could reach it's rated speed. Now with the voltage upped, system won't boot over 250mhz htt without the memory on a divider. I think it's the board holding me back because the memory is rated for 300mhz

awhir

nice memory.

Alkers

In theory lol

Drapper

Simona1986 wrote:

It didn't - tried a different BIOS and it was grand though.
I flashed the BIOS so I could give the ram more voltage so it could reach it's rated speed. Now with the voltage upped, system won't boot over 250mhz htt without the memory on a divider. I think it's the board holding me back because the memory is rated for 300mhz

getting the same problem on another Board now! WTF !! CMOS will not save on power down !! what can I do :-(