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Foxconn socket A cmos issue

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First post, by sydres

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So I have a foxconn motherboard that recently stopped saving the settings, I have changed the batteries several times with different brands and no change. The board displays no other symptoms of failure and runs very stable but there are agp settings that i would like to keep without needing to hit the bios every boot. Any direction to look at?

Reply 1 of 4, by BitWrangler

Posted on Today, 01:19

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If the CMOS clear/storage position is a normally closed jumper or it's on a 3 pin either/or, replace the jumper cap for another one and clean the pins it might not be making good contact.

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Reply 2 of 4, by sydres

Posted on Today, 01:21

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I didn't think of that! I checked them but didn't clean them or replace the jumper, I will try it thanks

Reply 3 of 4, by Repo Man11

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I had a Soyo board that wasn't saving the settings and it turned out that there was some hard to see corrosion on the battery holder's contacts. I discovered that by measuring he voltage on the battery holder's pins on the back of the motherboard.

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Reply 4 of 4, by BitWrangler

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Oh yeah, talking of looking at the back, I did have a battery holder with a basically dry pin once, it must have had the merest scrap of solder holding it connected, until the mechanical action of changing the battery broke it.

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