First post, by kevmif
Really odd one here. No matter what I do, this GA-586VX board will not save any BIOS changes besides date and time.
This means, I am stuck with Primary HDD on AUTO and cannot configure any other HDD / FDD options, nor can I change any other settings (memory timings etc).
I did successfully flash it to the latest BIOS as per the Gigabyte website (good on them for still hosting such old stuff).
There is no clear CMOS option, so I pulled the RTC chip overnight. When I put it back in this morning, the time had reset, but the issue persisted.
This is the board: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-586vx except mine is rev 3.37.
I tried replacing the M48T86PC1 RTC with a Dallas DS12887+ but I doubt that was the problem as the date / time was holding.
To clarify, the changes don't save AT ALL as opposed to simply not persisting after a power off. Hit Save Changes and Exit, system reboots, changes gone.
Do I have a bad CMOS chip?
Should I try downgrading to an older version? Perhaps flash again using newer version of AWARD FLASH?
So strange that date / time saves but nothing else does. Any suggestions are welcome 😀
Thanks