PC wont boot unless Cmos is reset

Kumar9900

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Hi Guys its my first time on this website so any replies will be appreciated.
Its been a few weeks since i upgraded some parts of my computer and i find that i am having some difficulty booting up the computer. it requires me to take out the BIOS battery and then put it back in again then it will boot, after that i can boot up to 5-6 times without having to take out the battery. at first i thought it was a power issue so i unplugged all items except the HDD and the Optical Drive. but this did not solve anything. i have replaced the Bios Battery so i know its not a dud. could it be the power supply?
i have gone thorugh other forums on this website and the solutions there have not helped much.

My current specs are
i7-2600 k @ 3.4 Ghz
Gigabyte ultra durable motherboard series (Ga-H67-ma-USB-B3)
1Tb Hdd seagate
Gigabyte/ Nvidia Geforce gtx 660 3gb OverClocked Edition
3 x 8 GB Crucial DDR3 1600 mhz capped to 1333mhz since thats the max speed on the motherboard
PSU: Red sun Pro 550 watt Atx.

Your help is Much appreciated
 
Solution
Have you installed the latest bios version? See if it boots without the GPU or with the old gpu. Try booting from the old hdd.

Kumar9900

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i used an old ram stick with the 1333 mhz speed but it doesn't seem to solve it i still need to take out the bios battery and put it back in after a minutes to make it boot. the parts i upgraded were my gpu, ram and HDD. my gpu used to be a low profile gigabyte/amd radeon hd5450 1 gb card and i used to have 2 x 4gb 1333 mhz ddr3 and my HDD was a seagate 250gb hdd. its a custom built pc so there isnt a specific manufacturer i can get a solution from
 

Kumar9900

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so it took me a few days to get back to you guys but i didn't have access to internet for a while. so it seems the problem is solved after downgrading the bios and then updating to the newest one. i also replaced my psu as it started to make some weird noises so for now it seems that my problem has been solved. so i guess the person who came closest to solving my problem was FINSTAR