CMOS won't reset KT3 Ultra

The CMOS on my KT3 Ultra board will not reset. I've tried taking the battery out for over 48 hours and setting the JBAT1 to the 2-3 position. My CMOS settings will not reset.
I'm trying to reset them is because I can not get into the BIOS. When I hit delete, my screen says "Go->Setup" but it never goes into the BIOS. It continues to the MBFastTrak133 screen.
Please help me. Thanks in advance.

hi,
What keyboard are you using? I assume you never go into the BIOS, use a PS/2 keyboard instead, not USB keyboard first. YOu can use USB keyboard later after you managed to enter BIOS and to enable USB.
You can keep on hitting DEL key even at the MBFastTrak133 screen. It will still go into the BIOS after that RAID BIOS screen. Just wait for it to go off.

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