This motherboard has had Alzheimer's since I had it. I set the video to onboard and enable the harddrive (2) S.M.A.R.T. It remembers maybe for one day but if the computer is off for a week it forgets and the video reverts back to PCI and the S.M.A.R.T disabled. The battery is good with a strong 3 volts. I tried clearing the cmos and reconfiguring but it still forgets. So what's the advice, stay away from AS ROCK?
AS Rock K8NF4G-SATA2
Apr 16, 2009
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Some of the ASR mother boards were shipped with the battery disconnected !
Best Regards:
Baron.
The battery is either disconnected, or there's a broken trace. If you're good you can solder a jumper wire directly from the battery's + lead right to where it needs to go. ;)
If that doesn't clear it up, check to see if any other settings get cleared, or if it's ONLY those two options. It could be a BIOS bug? Updating the BIOS usually isn't a bad idea.
-JD
With the jumper? or some other way?
Van Chocstraw Inscribed thus:
Usually with the jumper in the wrong setting. But do check the soldering around the jumper pins. I've had a few where moving the jumper to the correct pair resulted in an intermittent battery connection. (No voltage reading in the BIOS) Resoldering the pins cured that.
Best Reagrds:
Baron.
jdiaz5513 Inscribed thus:
I wouldn't do a BIOS update without making sure that the battery feed is sound !
Best Reagrds:
Baron.
Look for a diode next to the battery & test it.
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Holy s*it! That would certainly explain his problem. Presumably, it needs a jumper installed?
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