BIOS trying rebellion

Skybird · 10-09-09, 09:31 AM

Switching on power for my system this morning resultet in booting not the configruation that I had set and saved, but booting by apparent factory defaults that I manually had to change to the configuration that I want again. The Windows came up, and life was nice again. I made a warm-reboot again, and the saved BIOS configuration came up.

I then left home, and had power switched off (I never let the system run for hours or nights if it is not needed). Turning the system on when I was back again, saw it booting with factory defaults, the saved configuration from just three hours before was gone, and I had to configure everything manually again. then Windows went up as if nothing happened.

On the BIOS message screen on the beginning I saw an additional message after the hardware checkup list, "CMOS setting wrong". you know that these text displays disappear quickly, so this is the only unusual feedback I can see on this screen.

A bad feeling tells me this is an indication for something more serious gone broken, finally, with the future promising growing system failure(s), maybe related to the BIOS ROM. that would mean mainboard failure. That would mean end of system (it's an old Asus P4P800 SE). Argh! Sounds like needing a lot of money soon.

Any comments?

P.S. Could it be the battery on the MB?

10-09-09, 09:31 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	BIOS trying rebellion Switching on power for my system this morning resultet in booting not the configruation that I had set and saved, but booting by apparent factory defaults that I manually had to change to the configuration that I want again. The Windows came up, and life was nice again. I made a warm-reboot again, and the saved BIOS configuration came up. I then left home, and had power switched off (I never let the system run for hours or nights if it is not needed). Turning the system on when I was back again, saw it booting with factory defaults, the saved configuration from just three hours before was gone, and I had to configure everything manually again. then Windows went up as if nothing happened. On the BIOS message screen on the beginning I saw an additional message after the hardware checkup list, "CMOS setting wrong". you know that these text displays disappear quickly, so this is the only unusual feedback I can see on this screen. A bad feeling tells me this is an indication for something more serious gone broken, finally, with the future promising growing system failure(s), maybe related to the BIOS ROM. that would mean mainboard failure. That would mean end of system (it's an old Asus P4P800 SE). Argh! Sounds like needing a lot of money soon. Any comments? P.S. Could it be the battery on the MB? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.