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samaurai77
06-24-2006, 06:27 PM
Help! I have an Abit UL8 with an Athlon64 3200+,512Ram ,160 gig Maxtor HD. My problem is ,I can't see a POST screen until I clear the cmos. I can't change any Bios settings because once I do anything, it will not boot till I clear the cmos. I have been able to install windows but every reboot means I must clear cmos to resume. What have I missed? All parts are brand new.
BipolarBill
06-24-2006, 07:15 PM
First, replace the motherboard battery. Next, be sure that the CMOS jumper is on the correct pins.

Update the BIOS if you haven't yet. If you have, try reverting to a previous BIOS.
samaurai77
06-24-2006, 07:30 PM
battery replaced. CMOS jumpers are on correct pins, flashed Bios before I posted because it was doing it before. Have also used maxblast in case it was because of HD threshhold.
BipolarBill
06-24-2006, 07:35 PM
Ok then - check for bad capacitors:

http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/index27.htm

www.badcaps.net

There's definitely something wrong with the motherboard.
rmanet
06-25-2006, 11:41 AM
you've made sure RAM, CPU, even video cards compatible with mobo, etc? Had a similar problem when upgrading - usually try to use similar or same mobos when upgrading comps (usually 3 at a time for the boys) inexplicable but sometimes it's been a memory or other incompatibility issue that affects one system but not the others?