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Van Chocstraw

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This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video to
onboard and enable the harddrive (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe for
one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the video
reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is good with
a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and reconfiguring but it
still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away from AS ROCK?
 
Van Chocstraw wrote:

This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video
to
onboard and enable the harddrive (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe
for one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the
video reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is
good with a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and
reconfiguring but it still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away
from AS ROCK?
Click to expand...
Some of the ASR mother boards were shipped with the battery
disconnected !

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Best Regards:
Baron.
 
On Apr 16, 10:50 am, Van Chocstraw <boobooililili...@roadrunner.com>
wrote:
This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video to
onboard and enable the harddrive  (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe for
one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the video
reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is good with
a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and reconfiguring but it
still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away from AS ROCK?
Click to expand...
The battery is either disconnected, or there's a broken trace. If
you're good you can solder a jumper wire directly from the battery's +
lead right to where it needs to go. ;)

If that doesn't clear it up, check to see if any other settings get
cleared, or if it's ONLY those two options. It could be a BIOS bug?
Updating the BIOS usually isn't a bad idea.

-JD
 
Baron wrote:
Van Chocstraw wrote:

This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video
to
onboard and enable the harddrive (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe
for one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the
video reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is
good with a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and
reconfiguring but it still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away
from AS ROCK?

Some of the ASR mother boards were shipped with the battery
disconnected !
Click to expand...
With the jumper? or some other way?
 
Van Chocstraw Inscribed thus:

Baron wrote:
Van Chocstraw wrote:

This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video
to
onboard and enable the harddrive (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe
for one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the
video reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is
good with a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and
reconfiguring but it still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away
from AS ROCK?

Some of the ASR mother boards were shipped with the battery
disconnected !


With the jumper? or some other way?
Click to expand...
Usually with the jumper in the wrong setting. But do check the
soldering around the jumper pins. I've had a few where moving the
jumper to the correct pair resulted in an intermittent battery
connection. (No voltage reading in the BIOS) Resoldering the pins
cured that.

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Best Reagrds:
Baron.
 
jdiaz5513 Inscribed thus:

On Apr 16, 10:50 am, Van Chocstraw <boobooililili...@roadrunner.com
wrote:
This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video
to onboard and enable the harddrive  (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers
maybe for one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets
and the video reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The
battery is good with a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and
reconfiguring but it still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away
from AS ROCK?

The battery is either disconnected, or there's a broken trace. If
you're good you can solder a jumper wire directly from the battery's +
lead right to where it needs to go. ;)

If that doesn't clear it up, check to see if any other settings get
cleared, or if it's ONLY those two options. It could be a BIOS bug?
Updating the BIOS usually isn't a bad idea.

-JD
Click to expand...
I wouldn't do a BIOS update without making sure that the battery feed is
sound !

--
Best Reagrds:
Baron.
 
Van Chocstraw wrote:
This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video to
onboard and enable the harddrive (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe for
one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the video
reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is good with
a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and reconfiguring but it
still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away from AS ROCK?
Click to expand...
Look for a diode next to the battery & test it.


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. | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because
\|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est
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Baron wrote:
Van Chocstraw wrote:

This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video
to
onboard and enable the harddrive (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe
for one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the
video reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is
good with a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and
reconfiguring but it still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away
from AS ROCK?

Some of the ASR mother boards were shipped with the battery
disconnected !
Click to expand...
Holy shit! That would certainly explain his problem. Presumably, it
needs a jumper installed?


--
W
. | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because
\|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est
---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------
 
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