Please can someone help?
I recently built the following rig for a friend:
P4 2.4ghz 533 fsb (oem)
Gigabyte 8SR533 mobo, with F6 BIOS <A HREF="http://link" target="_new">(http://tw.giga-byte.com/products/products.htm)</A>
256 266fsb DDR - generic
Cheap 300w P4 case
CD-RW
30gb Diamond max 8 HDD
Sound blaster card - have tried it without this
16mb Rage Pro GPU AGP x2
I know some of the parts are second rate but i was working on a tight budget.
My problem is that every time the mains power is turned off the bios looses its settings. Then when i turning it back on - it says checksum error/cmos battery low. I replaced the battery with a 3v one thinking that the onboard 3V battery was generating less then 2.8V or was not generating any voltage at all. I have changed different bios version's to no joy. I was also thinking that the Clock generator chip on the board is faulty.
Anyone go any ideas as to what may be wrong. I need to know for definate before i send it back, as the supplier i got it from have very bad customer support and WILL try to blame me for any probelms.
Thanks in advance
Steve
<font color=purple> "Overclocking is like jumping traffic lights - theres always a bit of slack"</font color=purple>
I recently built the following rig for a friend:
P4 2.4ghz 533 fsb (oem)
Gigabyte 8SR533 mobo, with F6 BIOS <A HREF="http://link" target="_new">(http://tw.giga-byte.com/products/products.htm)</A>
256 266fsb DDR - generic
Cheap 300w P4 case
CD-RW
30gb Diamond max 8 HDD
Sound blaster card - have tried it without this
16mb Rage Pro GPU AGP x2
I know some of the parts are second rate but i was working on a tight budget.
My problem is that every time the mains power is turned off the bios looses its settings. Then when i turning it back on - it says checksum error/cmos battery low. I replaced the battery with a 3v one thinking that the onboard 3V battery was generating less then 2.8V or was not generating any voltage at all. I have changed different bios version's to no joy. I was also thinking that the Clock generator chip on the board is faulty.
Anyone go any ideas as to what may be wrong. I need to know for definate before i send it back, as the supplier i got it from have very bad customer support and WILL try to blame me for any probelms.
Thanks in advance
Steve
<font color=purple> "Overclocking is like jumping traffic lights - theres always a bit of slack"</font color=purple>