kleinmeister
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I have a computer (not six months old) that is randomly clearing the CMOS for no apparent reason. Every so often, when you push the power button to turn it on, it complains about not finding a boot disk because it's set to boot from just about everthing BUT IDE0. When you restart and enter basic CMOS Setup, all 4 IDE entries are blank (default to AUTO). After auto-detecting the HDD and optical drive, and setting the boot order sequence, computer restarts and boots into Windows XP just fine.
I have used a multi-meter to check the CMOS battery voltage as well as the current drain across the circuit. All appears to be normal. Anyone have any ideas other than ditching the mobo for another one (forget that the tech is 3 years old)?
Thanks for any ideas.
Specs:
Gigabyte GA-7ZXE
AMD Duron 1Ghz
256MB PC100 SDRAM
Maxtor IDE HDD
Creative CD-RW
Older ATI AGP video card
I have used a multi-meter to check the CMOS battery voltage as well as the current drain across the circuit. All appears to be normal. Anyone have any ideas other than ditching the mobo for another one (forget that the tech is 3 years old)?
Thanks for any ideas.
Specs:
Gigabyte GA-7ZXE
AMD Duron 1Ghz
256MB PC100 SDRAM
Maxtor IDE HDD
Creative CD-RW
Older ATI AGP video card