[BIOS] Settings not being saved.

[leesmithg]

Hello again.

I gave my son my old PC and I refurbished it a bit, new DvD drive, used card reader new networking USB plugin.

Cleaned fan, vacuum'ed inside etc, so it looked used like new.

However I notice that even though I set the boot screen not to display it displays.

I thought he did it, he denied it, so I set it back to no boot screen display and a few days later, it displays again and all

setting in the bios went back to default.

I think it's probably the battery starting to lose juice, my searches so far and 1 similar result say bios upgrade.

Any ideas, I think battery.

Thanks for comments in advance!

[i11usive]

Yup - it's probably battery. Only costs a couple of quid, and is probably the best place to start.

[Guest]

Battery for sure.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Battery issue for sure.

[Azies]

Well if your losing your date and time and the BIOS isn't saving it's settings, it's deffinitly time to replace that CMOS battery.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

It's the monitor.

<Yeah, it's the battery.>

[leesmithg]

Thanks for comments.

I ordered some batteries.

5 for ?1.48 + free P&P (only come in 5's or 10's only single was iffy).

Bugger nose what I will do with the other 4.

[MillionVoltss]

Tried putting them on your tongue ?

[Colin McGregor]

Tried putting them on your tongue ?

this is the best way to use batteries you don't need.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Yep Probably the battery, but I do have a Used Core 2 system in my office that won't safe the bios settings to safe it's life. Even with an new battery. So while most of the time it's the battery and you should try that first. It could also be the motherboard.

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

I have had that happen, too, even with a fresh CR-2032 battery installed. The fix was to reflash the BIOS.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Yep Probably the battery, but I do have a Used Core 2 system in my office that won't safe the bios settings to safe it's life. Even with an new battery. So while most of the time it's the battery and you should try that first. It could also be the motherboard.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Hello,

I have had that happen, too, even with a fresh CR-2032 battery installed. The fix was to reflash the BIOS.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Yep did that also

[leesmithg]

Thought I would update this situation.

Since batteries came, (3 days after this post) system (after removing old and installing new battery) has kept settings.