Cleared CMOS with power on!!!

you know that nice big flashy button that says 'clear CMOS' tho only while power is off? .. well i've done it with power on!!!
current system being ...
MSI Eclipse PLUS Ver1.0,
3x 2Gig OCz Tri RAM,
920 i7 CPU,
ATI 4870 X2 GPU,
850W InWin PSU
graphics card was not responding after 2 months working fine, after some other debug attempts ... i pushed the clear CMOS button ... now i'm sitting with a mobo that ... serves me right for leaving RTFM till last!!!
reboots once after (roughly) 10 sec and remains on,
LED status remains at 'FF',
D-LED shows blank display,
all mobo panel button lights (rst, pwr, overclock) remain on,
no communication to graphics card,
status LED is green,
system fans and processor fans are all on,
hdd starts tho no activity is heard.
i've tried ...
different power supplies,
different graphics cards,
different RAM,
taking mobo battery out, uplugging power, removing CPU, removing RAM, .... removing everything and leaving mobo for 24 hours as such.
i've seen that a bios can be loaded from a usb disk? searched MSI website for documentation regarding this tho nothing found ... would it even help?

I think you have a high chance of BIOS corruption. You can try flashing the BIOS again but I do not think it will help much. Your best bet now is to RMA the board.
>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<

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Must Clear CMOS after power outage...

Hi everyone
Every time I disconnect my computer from the
power or switch off the power on the PSU i have
to clear my CMOS to be able to start.
(i.e. the power button will not work)
After that everything works fine until the
next power outage....
I've tried replacing the battery a few times
but does no seem to help either.
Any clues or hints? It's getting a bit annoying
to have to set all the BIOS settings at every power outage
Thanks in advance
Michael
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Motherboard: MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R Motherboard
CPU: Intel P4 3.0 Ghz
Heatsink:: Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu HSF
Bios: 2.4
Memory: Corsair 2x512MB
Video: PowerColor ATI 9800 Pro
Case: Antec Sonata
PSU: Antec Truepower 380
OS: Windows XP, SP2
2 S-ATA disks:
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Disk2: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB S-ATA
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I don't know what I have changed but it seems to work now
- I took out the battery and put it back
- Load BIOS default first and then Load High performance Defaults
- I used to use keyboard key as wake up event but disabled that
feauture for now.
- I've set the "Restore on AC/Power Loss"="Power off"
It seems to work with "Power On" to but I suspect that
"last state" together with keyboard wake up events is what
might be causing this....
I'm happy it works now so I'm not going to change anything
with this system for now
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Michael

Clear CMOS short & power up what could happenn

I bought used K7N2 Delta 2 Platinum, mounted it to case checked everything out and powered up. After 5sec. of "nothing happens" something sed to me: power off.
I checked once again and found clear CMOS pins short. I don't have paper manual so I downloaded it from MSI site but cant find D-bracket LED's codes in it (will have one in few days).
D-bracket shows 1-green 2-green then 1&2-blinking alternatly few times and 1 sometimes stays green , sometimes goes red (2 always stays green), 3-red, 4-red.
My question is:
Manual saying that power on with clear CMOS short WILL damage mobo, but I want know what can be damaged in this 5 sec?
In LED codes from other mobo 1 & 2 green means: decompressing bios image to RAM, in this moment POST stops so maybe only bios is damaged and needs to by flashed?
There was Athlon 166FSB mounted, and i tried with Duron 133FSB so I took out battery and disconected mobo for several hours to be sure that CMOS is cleared
I didn't tryed INSERT key method yet, and hope that this will resolve problems (but in my country people saying "Hope is mother of stupids" ).
Anyway I want to be prepared for the worst, and want know what worst means in this case.
And in worst please tell me where I can make an RMA on this mobo. I can't find anything on MSI website.
Greetings and waitin for any ideas...

RMA page, http://www.msicomputer.com/msi_user/msi_rma/
Try stripping the board down to just the memory, cpu, vid card, floopy drive, keyboard and mouse. See if it'll post that way. Also make sure you're using a power supply that has the 4 pin connector for the cpu power and it's connected to the motherboard.

How to clear cmos with jumper method MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC

no have socket for jumper/clear cmos ?

Quote from: pegadroid on 13-August-14, 18:37:12
ok. thank you all. now I'm not confused, I think its socket to clear cmos lost
If you mean the jumper no it did not come with one, nothing was lost. Older MBs had 3 pins for JBAT1 and came with a jumper and it was stored plugged into pins 1-2 and to clear CMOS it was moved to clear pins 2-3 and then moved back to the store position pins 1-2.

CMOS clears after full power off

Hello,
I have a problem with my MSI-6547 (645 E Max-U).
Whenever I have a full power off (power cord disconnected, general power failure) the CMOS settings are lost. The CMOS battery is OK, I have taken it out, measured 3.1 V, contacts are clean.
Any advice on what's wrong with the mobo?
Thanks.

Quote from: NovJoe on 19-March-06, 01:10:08
Can try changing the jumper for JBAT1 to see if the problem remains.
Hello NovJoe, I am not quite sure what you mean here? Clearing the CMOS with the jumper is not necessary as taking full power off already does clear the CMOS (and causes a warning at POST about wrong memory size and low battery power). I then go into BIOS and indeed load the optimal settings and can then continue normal startup.
Why would clearing the CMOS with the jumper have any effect?
Thanks for your trouble.

Does it hurt to clear CMOS without the power completely disconnected?

I noticed in this thread https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=31222.0 that it says to completely remove all power before clearing CMOS. all the user guide said was that the system needs to be powered off so to me that simply meant just turned off.
I have cleared my CMOS twice but both times it was not unplugged but simply turned off so did I risk damaging anything?

No it shouldn't damage anything it's just that at times some people seem to be unable to get CMOS cleared by simply turning system off and switching jumper/pushing clear CMOS button and it's recommended to pull the plug or if PSU has an on/off switch turn it off 1st.

No signal after clearing CMOS

Hey,
I was having problems and so chose to clear the cmos (using the jumper). Now there is no signal on monitor!
Just to make sure that it was cuz of clearing cmos, I had another computer with the problem so I did it to that one too lol. And that one also now shows NO signal on monitor. The monitor is working I've tested it with other comps. The picture was showing until i cleared cmos.
the two motherboards I have the problem on are:
MS-7267 Ver: 3.0
PM8M3-V H
Any help is appreciated. Everything is powering up, only thing is that nothing shows up on the monitor, and the monitor is in the "stand by" "yellow light" state.
Thank You

sorry to hear you got double wammy from your mobo but be frank with us did you turn the power off before changing the jumpers setting or 240volt to power supply was still connected on both occasions?? if power was connected you might have caused some damage to your mobo?? lets hope not.
try this if you have time and patient.
1-unplug the pc.
2-Remove all memory and insert only one in the slot1 which is closest to cpu. if you can try to interchange the memory if they fit.
3-change the jumper setting to position where it clears the cmos and please leave it for at least 30 second and not ten. then after 30 second put the jumpers in the original position (make sure you get this right).
4-then plug the pc and power it.
there are occasions where static charges do prevent mobo from working. it has happened to me, and i thought that i had lost the mobo yet it worked a few days later??
lets hope this gets you going.
good luck
p.s do make sure you connect the speakers to mobo, from bip bip sound you may be able to tell the kind of fault you have .

X58 Platinum does not post unless I clear CMOS

I have to hit the 'clear CMOS' button from a cold start (unplugged power cable) on the back of the motherboard in order for it to boot. It restarts just fine.
Once it is booted, everything runs fine. It is just weird that I have to clear the CMOS every time, and reset the clock. Running default settings in the BIOS, no OC. I have changed batteries and it still will not boot or remember what time it is. I have seen some other posts about this but the usual answer is memory swap or memory put into the first black slot, etc., etc. Do I really need to RMA this board or is it just a BIOS fix?
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What BIOS Version are you using?
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I have seen some other posts about this but the usual answer is memory swap or memory put into the first black slot, etc., etc.
Have you tested any of that (e.g. try to boot with one memory module only?)
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BIOS A7522IMSV3.0-20081204
Have you considered updating your BIOS to the latest Version?
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OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK 6GB PC3-12800+
You are using factory overclocked memory modules which real specs are DDR3-1066 or DDR3-1333 and you CPU's memory controller natively only supports up to DDR3-1066 (according to Intel Specifications). What memory related settings are you working with?

Black screen Presario CQ62-219WM Clear CMOS jumper pins

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There are no clear CMOS jumpers on the board. My best suggestion is to use one of the motherboard repair services on eBay. They can identify and repair defective chips on the board using advanced equipment. If you can remove the board and ship them just that, I have seen the service for as little as $70. Obviously you can handle removing the motherboard.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hp-Compaq-g72-g62-cq62-Amd-Motherboard-Repair-reball-Service-/251300232694?p...
I have no affiliation with this person and there are several other similar ones on eBay. Most of the used motherboards you get on eBay have had a procedure like this done to them anyway.
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How to Reset BIOS/Clear CMOS of an HP Pavilion 500-111ea

Hello,
I was trying to change my computers boot logo because i dont like the HP one, and now when i try to enter my bios i get beeping, can anyone tell me how to reset the BIOS/Clear CMOS, this will be much apreciated. The computer still works fine, i just cant enter the BIOS or the UEFI Firmware Settings thing. When pressing F10 at boot up the computer beeps 8 times
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Hi,
Please explain in detail what changes you made in an attempt to change the boot logo.
HP did not post a clear CMOS procedure for your model PC. Review the below image. Unplug your PC, hold down the power button for 1 minute. Now open up your PC and move the jumper blocks over to the left per the image for 30 seconds and then move the jumper blocks back. Plug the PC back in and give it go. If you still get the eight (8) beeps then you could try a ROM image recovery.
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Z77A-GD65 Wont Boot Without Clearing CMOS. Gets Error 32.

Hi!
I just switched GPU from 2x 7950 to 980.
I cleared drivers etc etc and was powering down my pc for the replacement. took out the cards and put in the 980.
When i later was trying to boot, i got debug error 32, which is early cpu initialization. So i checked all the cables and tried again. Same thing.
Took everything out and reinserted it again. Same error. even tried the to take out each ram to see. Still nothing.
I later cleared cmos and the computer booted. but then when i restart i doesnt boot until power everything down and clear cmos again.
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Quote from: Nichrome on 30-January-15, 15:01:36
Tryreplacing battery. Also could try to run it with single Ram stick and outside of the case.
I Couldn't wait so i went to town and bought me a battery, didn't change anything.
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I've also test it outside the case now and still no difference.
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Wont boot unless clearing cmos

JBAT1
Ok here's the story in full.
Received K8T Neo2-FIR - was completely DOA along with a working 3000 90nm.
Received working K8T Neo2-FIR, got system to post after 5 hours of work (including 1.30 hours to watch Open Range whilst angered).
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Hello,
I purchased a new system with a G33M-FI mainboard in December. Everything worked great on the first boot, but the first time I restarted it failed to POST. I had to clear CMOS settings using the jumper. On the next boot I updated the BIOS to 1.2, restarted multiple times and everything worked fine for a while...
Now occasionally the system again fails to POST. This does happen on both a restart or a cold boot. Each time this has happened clearing the CMOS settings with the jumper does "fix" the problem and allows the system to boot again but it is VERY annoying. The problem also appears to be getting more and more frequent as time goes on (but maybe this is just my imagination). I have been leaving all of the CMOS settings at the default values so I don't think this is caused by something I did.
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After putting together a new system I have this problem.
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Clearing cmos

Hi,
my K7T266 PRO (ms-6380) went dead after installing a new cpu; four red led's are shown and the old and new cpu won't do a thing... I understand by clearing the cmos there would be a chance that everything will work again. I read the user's manual and understand how to clear cmos but I don't know what this mean. Can anyone tell me about it ? Which information will be deleted ? ?(

look again into your manual,
just at the first pages with the layouts of YOUR board.
i have a k7t266 pro2 and the jumper is under the battery and above the sys-fan-header.
the way of resetting CMOS (BIOS):
shut down Windows/system,
turn off the mainpower switch (behind the power supply),
then take out THAT jumper AND place that one pin higher.
(jumper will cover the 1st and the 2nd pin)
after 2 minutes,
put the jumper back to his ORIGINAL position.
(jumper will cover the 2nd and the 3rd pin)
then turn on the mainpower switch and power on your system.
PLEASE look into the manual FIRST!
P.S. after doing that, you will be prompt to go to the BIOS or load the BIOS defaults.
choose the option to go to the BIOS, because you will have to set up the settings for cpu and RAM, AGP etc...

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