k7s5a board

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:32:18 -0500, kirbalo <kirbalo.TakeThisOut@nospam.com>
wrote:

 >Drvnguy wrote:
 >
  >> Since i have run this board ,sometimes when its run at 133/133 ,when the
  >> computer reboots my date goes back to octber of 2002 ???...not to sure why
  >> i have 2 strips od pc 2100 256 ram
  >> runnin a geforce 5200 and windows xp pro .
  >> seems to run fine at 100 100
 >
 >Carefully check your button style battery on the motherboard. You may be
 >able to rotate it a little in the socket to make better contact. You also
 >may need a new battery...

Won't hurt to try that but he's just got the typical K7S5A 'BAD CMOS'
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"Drvnguy" <drvnguy.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in
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 > Since i have run this board ,sometimes when its run at 133/133 ,when
 > the computer reboots my date goes back to octber of 2002 ???...not to
 > sure why i have 2 strips od pc 2100 256 ram
 > runnin a geforce 5200 and windows xp pro .
 > seems to run fine at 100 100

These boards just do that. You just have to reset your BIOS settings.
Permanent fix is to flash your BIOS, but you run a (slight but real) risk
with this of course.

I'm not sure which flash to recommend, others can tell you. I just live
with it. It's pretty rare on my system.

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Mine does the same, I have it down to static, I ground myself by touching a
light switch screw every time.
"Drvnguy" <drvnguy.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Since i have run this board ,sometimes when its run at 133/133 ,when the
 > computer reboots my date goes back to octber of 2002 ???...not to sure why
 > i have 2 strips od pc 2100 256 ram
 > runnin a geforce 5200 and windows xp pro .
 > seems to run fine at 100 100
 >
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:50:51 GMT, fLameDogg <flamedogg DeleteThis @operamail.com>
wrote:

 >"Drvnguy" <drvnguy DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in
 >news:10fu6l2dijurg28@corp.supernews.com:
 >
  >> Since i have run this board ,sometimes when its run at 133/133 ,when
  >> the computer reboots my date goes back to octber of 2002 ???...not to
  >> sure why i have 2 strips od pc 2100 256 ram
  >> runnin a geforce 5200 and windows xp pro .
  >> seems to run fine at 100 100
 >
 >These boards just do that. You just have to reset your BIOS settings.
 >Permanent fix is to flash your BIOS, but you run a (slight but real) risk
 >with this of course.

A 'permanent' fix? Flash it with WHAT?

 >
 >I'm not sure which flash to recommend, others can tell you. I just live
 >with it. It's pretty rare on my system.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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flipper <flipper.TakeThisOut@fish.net> wrote in
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 > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:50:51 GMT, fLameDogg <flamedogg.TakeThisOut@operamail.com>
 > wrote:

<BIOS reset>
  >>These boards just do that. You just have to reset your BIOS settings.
  >> Permanent fix is to flash your BIOS, but you run a (slight but real)
  >>risk with this of course.
 >
 > A 'permanent' fix? Flash it with WHAT?

I don't know if there is an "official" BIOS from ECS for this. I've seen
references to HoneyX and CheapoMan's (I think that's right) and people have
said these fixed the issue for them. But to be perfectly honest, I've
never tried it (with this board; I've flashed "offical" BIOSes on other
boards), and I couldn't even tell you where to get them without hitting a
search engine or asking someone.

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"fLameDogg" <flamedogg.TakeThisOut@operamail.com> wrote in message
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 > flipper <flipper.TakeThisOut@fish.net> wrote in
 > news:vabbg0lnovh3eq2nl76hrvui87l7mt6fvp@4ax.com:
 >
  > > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:50:51 GMT, fLameDogg <flamedogg.TakeThisOut@operamail.com>
  > > wrote:
 >
 > <BIOS reset>
   > >>These boards just do that. You just have to reset your BIOS settings.
   > >> Permanent fix is to flash your BIOS, but you run a (slight but real)
   > >>risk with this of course.
  > >
  > > A 'permanent' fix? Flash it with WHAT?
 >
 > I don't know if there is an "official" BIOS from ECS for this. I've seen
 > references to HoneyX and CheapoMan's (I think that's right) and people
have
 > said these fixed the issue for them. But to be perfectly honest, I've
 > never tried it (with this board; I've flashed "offical" BIOSes on other
 > boards), and I couldn't even tell you where to get them without hitting a
 > search engine or asking someone.
 >
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Let me add 2 cents worth here. I assume you're talking about what's known as
the Lost CMOS problem. AFAIK, there is no known permanent fix for it. ECS
has totally ignored the problem.

All the various Cheepoman BIOS's are available at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ocworkbench.com/ecs" target="_blank">www.ocworkbench.com/ecs</a>
where Cheepoman is a moderator of the ECS sector.
His BIOS versions do not fix the lost CMOS problem on K7S5A. For whatever
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:44:22 GMT, fLameDogg <flamedogg.RemoveThis@operamail.com>
wrote:

 >flipper <flipper.RemoveThis@fish.net> wrote in
 >news:vabbg0lnovh3eq2nl76hrvui87l7mt6fvp@4ax.com:
 >
  >> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:50:51 GMT, fLameDogg <flamedogg.RemoveThis@operamail.com>
  >> wrote:
 >
 ><BIOS reset>
   >>>These boards just do that. You just have to reset your BIOS settings.
   >>> Permanent fix is to flash your BIOS, but you run a (slight but real)
   >>>risk with this of course.
  >>
  >> A 'permanent' fix? Flash it with WHAT?
 >
 >I don't know if there is an "official" BIOS from ECS for this. I've seen
 >references to HoneyX and CheapoMan's (I think that's right) and people have
 >said these fixed the issue for them. But to be perfectly honest, I've
 >never tried it (with this board; I've flashed "offical" BIOSes on other
 >boards), and I couldn't even tell you where to get them without hitting a
 >search engine or asking someone.

Well, saying a "permanent fix' is to flash the BIOS, but not having
any evidence that anything will, is an overly optimistic claim to say
the least.

I haven't checked in the last couple of months, so there's always a
remote chance that something new has suddenly cropped up, but I'm not
aware of any BIOS, or anything else for that matter, that 'fixes' the
K7S5A/Pro 'bad cmos' problem.

There are a lot of 'ideas', and premature presumptions it's been
'fixed', but, as far as I know, they all end up eventually discovering
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