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May 20th, 2008
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| Eat from the right tree Join Date: Oct 2007
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|  Argh ... clearing CMOS I got an EVGA LGA 7100 Micro ATX Motherboard for a cheapo gift build ... and after making some easy tweaks ... it won't post. Tried all I know of clearing the CMOS ... its gona sit tonight unplugged and without battery. It was working fine ... and will if the stupid cmos would clear. Any suggestions or tricks?  Main: 3ghzQ6600, Gemini2, IP35 Pro, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, 500GB raid 0, 22" + (2)19" WS LCD's w/ Palit 9600 GT and Dual Core Notebook. Cambridge # 12 Portable, Rode Podcaster Fios-15mbs Server: 3.6ghzE3110 Big Typhoon, Gigabyte P35-DS4, 550VX PSU, 8GB DDR2 8000, XP 64, 320GB raid 0, (2) 19" WS LCD, XFX 9600GT, HT 550Pro, BoomTube Portable VidServer: 3ghzQ6600, Nirvana, BloodIron, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, ATI, Bose Sound. Draft-N LanBox: IceCube, 3.6ghzE8400, HDT, EVGA mATX, PSU, 2GB, XP, XFX, 500Gb Sata. Last edited by Tech Geek Deluxe; May 20th, 2008 at 00:06. |
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May 20th, 2008
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| With a pinch of insane!  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, 127.0.0.1
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| Re: Argh ... clearing CMOS Removing the battery is good I think. It's all I can do on my board, the jumpers under the card... Who's idea was that? stupid gigabyte board design   |
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May 20th, 2008
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| Modder-ator  | Re: Argh ... clearing CMOS Usually clearing the CMOS involves removing the battery, switching a CLR_CMOS jumper for 30 seconds to 1 minute, then putting the jumper back to the original pins and putting the battery back in. Often times though you can successfully clear the CMOS by just removing the battery for a minute or so without messing with the jumpers, but you should follow the steps according to your motherboard manual to be sure. If you're sure you've correctly cleared the CMOS and it still won't POST, then you need to move on and troubleshoot your power supply and motherboard. Do you get any codes on the onboard LED's on the motherboard?  Last edited by gvblake22; May 20th, 2008 at 06:53. |
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May 20th, 2008
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| Colonel Calamity  | Re: Argh ... clearing CMOS in some cases when you go through the steps of overlocking, I hook up the reset button from the case itself onto the pins and just use that temporarily  Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.  |
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May 20th, 2008
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| With a pinch of insane! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, 127.0.0.1
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| Re: Argh ... clearing CMOS Quote:
 But what happens if you press it while the PC's on by accident? (please don't try it now  ) | |
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May 20th, 2008
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| Eat from the right tree Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 744
| Re: Argh ... clearing CMOS Done all that ... even tried putting a different CPU in to trick it into re-setting. All my tricks are used up ... any new ones for clearing a stubborn CMOS? Main: 3ghzQ6600, Gemini2, IP35 Pro, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, 500GB raid 0, 22" + (2)19" WS LCD's w/ Palit 9600 GT and Dual Core Notebook. Cambridge # 12 Portable, Rode Podcaster Fios-15mbs Server: 3.6ghzE3110 Big Typhoon, Gigabyte P35-DS4, 550VX PSU, 8GB DDR2 8000, XP 64, 320GB raid 0, (2) 19" WS LCD, XFX 9600GT, HT 550Pro, BoomTube Portable VidServer: 3ghzQ6600, Nirvana, BloodIron, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, ATI, Bose Sound. Draft-N LanBox: IceCube, 3.6ghzE8400, HDT, EVGA mATX, PSU, 2GB, XP, XFX, 500Gb Sata. |
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May 20th, 2008
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| With a pinch of insane! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, 127.0.0.1
Posts: 621
| Re: Argh ... clearing CMOS If none of thats worked, then i'd look at the power supply and the motherboard, one stick of RAM ect.. all that should have cleared the CMOS |
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May 20th, 2008
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| Eat from the right tree Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 744
| Re: Argh ... clearing CMOS It should have for sure ... I have run into ones that do get "stuck" I don't know how ... but they do. It posted great until I re-set bios specific to my hardware. Trying it with a new PSU now ... not good on the first run. Main: 3ghzQ6600, Gemini2, IP35 Pro, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, 500GB raid 0, 22" + (2)19" WS LCD's w/ Palit 9600 GT and Dual Core Notebook. Cambridge # 12 Portable, Rode Podcaster Fios-15mbs Server: 3.6ghzE3110 Big Typhoon, Gigabyte P35-DS4, 550VX PSU, 8GB DDR2 8000, XP 64, 320GB raid 0, (2) 19" WS LCD, XFX 9600GT, HT 550Pro, BoomTube Portable VidServer: 3ghzQ6600, Nirvana, BloodIron, PC 610W PSU, 4GB 6400, XP Pro, ATI, Bose Sound. Draft-N LanBox: IceCube, 3.6ghzE8400, HDT, EVGA mATX, PSU, 2GB, XP, XFX, 500Gb Sata. Last edited by Tech Geek Deluxe; May 20th, 2008 at 10:17. |
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