Sabertooth 990FX Bios settings not saving

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Title says it all really. I've tried updating bios version and switching out the battery and still nothing. Any suggestions as to what it could be would be greatly appreciated.
 
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You can probably get one for free off any old motherboard, old hard drives, old optical drives or even probably any computer repair shop or service center may just give it to you.

Is this a new problem or is this board new to you? Double check the CMOS reset jumper pins on the motherboard to make sure they are in the default and not the reset position. Or just remove the jumper pin from the CMOS reset pins entirely. They may need to be on the board in the default position though, I can't remember for this board. Some boards work fine in the default or removed positions but some require them to be present on the default, generally pins 1-2.

That might not be the issue at all but I'd check that first.
 

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It is a problem that has been around for a while but I haven't had time to sort it out. Turns out I don't actually have a jumper cap at all...
 

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R2.0 . Any old jumper cap off ebay should do the trick right? Manual says there should be one there. Not sure what happened to it.
 

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Alright got a couple of old HDDs sitting in the cupboard I'll take a look. If not can probably scab one off a friend... Thanks