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  • RJARRRPCGP
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    • Jul 2004
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    #1

    My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

    WTF! Has anyone had a problem like this before, even when you installed a brand new CR2032 battery. I tried 2 of them from the same Energizer package!

    When I switch off the switch on the PSU or unplug the PSU, it's like I never had a CR2032 battery! There's also no jumper on the Asus P6T Deluxe, which honestly looks like a version 1.
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    • diif
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      • Feb 2014
      • 6978
      • England
      #2
      Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

      Only when the battery is no good. Have you tested it's voltage ?

      Jumper knocked off ?

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        • stj
          Great Sage 齊天大聖
          • Dec 2009
          • 31012
          • Albion
          #3
          Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

          seen it on other boards,
          it could be a bad diode or broken trace.
          follow the trace, get the pinout to the chipset from intel's "ark" to make it easyer.

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            • RJARRRPCGP
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              #4
              Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

              Originally posted by diif
              Only when the battery is no good. Have you tested it's voltage ?

              Jumper knocked off ?
              There's no place for a jumper to even be found, LOL.
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                • diif
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                  • Feb 2014
                  • 6978
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                  #5
                  Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                  Originally posted by RJARRRPCGP
                  There's no place for a jumper to even be found, LOL.
                  There is, it's bottom right hand corner, labelled CLRTC

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                    • RJARRRPCGP
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                      • Jul 2004
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                      #6
                      Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                      Originally posted by diif
                      There is, it's bottom right hand corner, labelled CLRTC
                      I couldn't find "CLRTC" or "CLRRTC".
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                        • RJARRRPCGP
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                          • Jul 2004
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                          #7
                          Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                          Originally posted by stj
                          seen it on other boards,
                          it could be a bad diode or broken trace.
                          follow the trace, get the pinout to the chipset from intel's "ark" to make it easyer.
                          I very likely have a broken trace, because I changed video cards twice this year alone...
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                          "Today's lesson in pissivity comes in the form of a ziplock baggie full of GPU extension brackets & hardware that for the last ~3 years have been on my bench, always in my way, getting moved around constantly....and yesterday I found myself in need of them....and the bastards are now nowhere to be found! Motherfracker!!" -Topcat

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                            • petehall347
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                              • Jan 2015
                              • 4426
                              • United Kingdom
                              #8
                              Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                              would it be best to first check standby voltage at cmos chip ?
                              well after checking battery voltage that is .
                              Last edited by petehall347; 07-07-2019, 05:54 PM.

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                                • diif
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                                  • Feb 2014
                                  • 6978
                                  • England
                                  #9
                                  Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                  Originally posted by RJARRRPCGP
                                  I couldn't find "CLRTC" or "CLRRTC".
                                  The manual seems to indicate it should be marked but it's not. It's just above the front panel connector.

                                  Pic changed, didn't notice you have the Deluxe.

                                  I would have thought if a trace had been damaged then the issue would have show itself then ?
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                                  Last edited by diif; 07-07-2019, 06:18 PM.

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                                    • RJARRRPCGP
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                                      #10
                                      Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                      Originally posted by diif
                                      The manual seems to indicate it should be marked but it's not. It's just above the front panel connector.

                                      Pic changed, didn't notice you have the Deluxe.

                                      I would have thought if a trace had been damaged then the issue would have show itself then ?
                                      OK, maybe I got confused, because there's a jumper there, where it appears to be marked for another function, SMH!
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                                        • stj
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                                          • Dec 2009
                                          • 31012
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                                          #11
                                          Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                          Originally posted by petehall347
                                          would it be best to first check standby voltage at cmos chip ?
                                          well after checking battery voltage that is .
                                          there isnt one,
                                          modern boards have the clock and ram integrated into the chipset.
                                          the battery will go straight into one of the huge bga chips - sometimes via a diode.

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                                            • CapLeaker
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                                              • Dec 2014
                                              • 8146
                                              • Canada
                                              #12
                                              Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                              I have something real stupid too on my Asus Z97 WS. Sometimes the computer running linux will just "hang" after 30mins or an hour. Rebooting this will resolve in a constant boot loop withing the bios. So it resets every 3 seconds or so. The only way getting out of it is to clear the CMOS. Doing that a few times got old fast. So I took everything apart and off the main board, cleaned it, sprayed contact cleaner on each slot and put it back in. Works like a charm ever since.

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                                                • Uranium-235
                                                  Comrade Glimmer
                                                  • Aug 2007
                                                  • 5042
                                                  • US
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                  This happened to a customer of mine with that exact same motherboard. I fixed it. Want to know the solution? I'll send you my paypal and give me $50!

                                                  Kidding.the p6t is poorly designed for the battery casing. It's vertical. It's easy to knock the positive pin out the motherboard. I heated it up, put some leaded solder on it and pushed it back down as I heated it up. Worked fine after that
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                                                    • Uranium-235
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                                                      • Aug 2007
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                                                      #14
                                                      Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                      Check that pin on the very edge
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                                                        • Topcat
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                                                          #15
                                                          Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                          ^
                                                          Do you really paint your toenails?
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                                                            • Uranium-235
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                                                              #16
                                                              Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                              Bad lighting

                                                              My brother in law has his toenails painted all different colors but his excuse is "I have a two year old daughter"

                                                              Better picture (relatively)
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                                                                • stj
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                                                                  • Dec 2009
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                                                                  #17
                                                                  Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                                  could you not dig this hole any deeper please!

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                                                                    • Topcat
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                                                                      • Oct 2003
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                                                                      #18
                                                                      Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                                      Originally posted by uranium-235
                                                                      bad lighting

                                                                      my brother in law has his toenails painted all different colors but his excuse is "i have a two year old daughter"

                                                                      better picture (relatively)
                                                                      lol
                                                                      Originally posted by stj
                                                                      could you not dig this hole any deeper please!
                                                                      LOL again! Strange thing afoot in this thread!

                                                                      /awesome pun!
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                                                                        • Uranium-235
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                                                                          Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                                          I just wanted to prove my toenails are not pained. Only thing I use toenail polish for is making sure bolts don't slowly come off in high vibration situations, and it's not even my polish
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                                                                            • petehall347
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                                                                              #20
                                                                              Re: My Asus P6T CMOS settings now always wiped out when unplugged!

                                                                              Originally posted by stj
                                                                              there isnt one,
                                                                              modern boards have the clock and ram integrated into the chipset.
                                                                              the battery will go straight into one of the huge bga chips - sometimes via a diode.
                                                                              maybe find the diode and check there then . like trace out where it is missing .

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