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

[RJARRRPCGP]

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

Check that pin on the very edge

On my Deluxe, no signs of shit solder joints. It looks safe to say that the bizarro problem is being caused by the XFX Radeon RX 580.

Because of not expecting that bizarro thing to be related to the video card, I just went ahead with getting another motherboard from a seller on eBay, which don't look scummy, thank the Lord. IIRC, they're from Hollister, California.

I've actually had better luck so far than with 3B Tech back in January, 2013, for the Asus Maximus II Gene motherboard, (socket 775) which the first time, received one that failed to boot and then I saw bad socket pins! At least, none of that type of bullplop, AFAIK. But 3B Tech saved my bacon! On February 11, 2013, I finally received a Maximus II Gene that's OK, hooray! (On February 11, 2013, wondering if 3B Tech just sent me back the same motherboard in the same condition, I went ahead anyway!) There was a long moment of silence and thus, it looked like the money of the time, was going down the toilet!

[petehall347]

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

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 .

[Uranium-235]

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

[Topcat]

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)

lol

could you not dig this hole any deeper please!

LOL again! Strange thing afoot in this thread!

/awesome pun!

[stj]

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

could you not dig this hole any deeper please!

[Uranium-235]

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)

[Topcat]

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

^
Do you really paint your toenails?

[Uranium-235]

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

Check that pin on the very edge

[Uranium-235]

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

[CapLeaker]

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.

[stj]

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 .

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.

[RJARRRPCGP]

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

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!

[diif]

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

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 ?

[petehall347]

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 .

[RJARRRPCGP]

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.

I very likely have a broken trace, because I changed video cards twice this year alone...

[RJARRRPCGP]

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

There is, it's bottom right hand corner, labelled CLRTC

I couldn't find "CLRTC" or "CLRRTC".

[diif]

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

There's no place for a jumper to even be found, LOL.

There is, it's bottom right hand corner, labelled CLRTC

[RJARRRPCGP]

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 ?

There's no place for a jumper to even be found, LOL.

[stj]

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.

[diif]

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 ?