bios

my mates computer when you start it up goes straight into the bios settings to the advanced part it does not do it every time maybe 3/5 times The time & date always needs setting it seems as though it does not keep its memory
MB Asus A7 V8X
athlon xp 2200
512 ram
Geforce MX 44ose
80g hd
Any ideas please
dose MB need new battery

 

98% that
you need a new battery there about 5 bucks at your local Meaga Mart
take the old one with you to make u sure u get the right one
After installing the new battery U may need to run the Bios HDD setup tools and reset any custom setting that you may have changed

2% that it Could be that the bios Rom is corrupt Thats very Rare tho try a new battery and let me know how it go's

 

If the power is turned off at the psu or unplugged from the wall the bios loses its memory when the battery is dead, as long as the electric dont go off and the pc is still plugged in, it retains its memory. ed

 

Battery is type CR2032 coin cell.

Located between the ends of PCi slots 3 and 4

Make sure you note which way up the battery is before you take the old one out.

 

new batery installed bios keeps the time & date ok but the bios still keeps popping up after boot up before POST still need to cure that any help please

 

any err messages try running the HDD setup tool in the bios and do a save and exit after your done
Btw will the pc boot up into your OS ok ?

 

no error messages OS boots up ok when you come out of the bios after save and exit !!!!!!!!!

 

Have you reset the bios to defaults and rebooted?

If this cures the problem you can then re- enter the bios and change the settings to suit your installation.

If this does not cure it you need to download the bios from Asus and reflash it. I would consider downloading several versions from yours to the latest as the latest is not always suitable.

 

Yes set bios to defaults and rebooted, it still happens every now and then not every time.

 

Have you got this fixed yet? I'm interested to know if you did and how.

 

Not happened for days until this morning I thought a new battery would cure it but seems not to have, don't know how to cure it just have to live with it save and exit.