Motherboard Problem

[Fenris]

I'm having an issue with my motherboard on my computer. Every time I turn it off it forgets what the bios settings are and I have to go in and reset them. Does anyone happen to know what would cause this problem.

 

[nod32]

what motherboard do you have and do you have anything overclocked?

Im asking because ive read in many forums about my board (p35 ga-ds3l) doing that some thing. Most of the cases result from too aggressive or bad overclocks. Ive also heard people fixing it by reseting cmos. Luckily it doesnt happen to me.

 

[American Zombie]

Can also be caused by the bios battery being low.

 

[Fenris]

no its not overclocked. Its the 680sli from EVGA. I thought it might be the battery so i took it out to get a new one but no where on this island sells the 3v like that so i figured i would ask if it might be something else before i go and order one.

 

[Erbmaster]

Not sure about yours specifically, but usually it's a CR2032 battery.
You should be able to obtain one of those with little effort or expense

 

[Dark Atheist]

i would say look through the manual and make sure all the jumpers and such are set right and that all connections are proper seated, could be a short somewhere