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Why are my BIOS settings erased each time I shut off the computer?

Asked by Patrick

My biggest issue is why are my BIOS settings being defaulted?

OK my biggest issue is why are my BIOS settings being whipped to default each time I soft power off the computer? I called #vg@ and they say they don't support any Linux at all. I don't think OS is an issue here! BIOS is supposed to be separate and stand alone. I just flashed to the latest version and still it is going to default each time I soft power off. I may be mistaken though and I hope I am and can fix it somehow within 64 or Ubuntu Studios. Can GRUB mess with my BIOS settings? If so how do I change that or alter how it does do it? Maybe even Linux is the culprit and the questions I posed abvove apply to Linux as well. I am very new to both forms of Linux and need some guidance please.

OH yeah I did replace the BIOS battery yesterday and still the same problem remains!

I hate to think this hardware is only good for MS.

Any help is welcomed!

Regards,

hm3

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Patrick (pjm1990) said : 		#1

Oh Yeah hw info helps too
-ntel 2cd E6600 Proc
#VG@ 680i SLI motherboard
8GB RAM
Presonus Firebox 1394 audio interface
$ony DVD/CD RW
WD 400GB SATA HDD

Thanks

Patrick

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Patrick (pjm1990) said : 		#2

Half of the HDD is partitioned for 64 Studio and the other is for Ubuntu Studio. SWAP I dont know what that means but maybe I remember there being 12GB for each OS. Grub has quite a list of server and terminals to choose from. I have always been a bit weary of Grub wanting too much control.

Any help is welcomed!

Cheers,

Patrick

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Best Barmynon (kudos37) said : 		#3

It will be a hardware issue not an OS issue.

You might find there's a hardware jumper near the battery on the MB which is used to reset the bios back to defaults (it'll be two or three pins sticking out from the boad and there's a small jumper that can connect the pins together- see your MB manual) . Check that it is in the correct position.

Dom

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Barmynon (kudos37) said : 		#4

It will be a hardware issue not an OS issue.

You might find there's a hardware jumper near the battery on the MB which is used to reset the bios back to defaults (it'll be two or three pins sticking out from the boad and there's a small jumper that can connect the pins together- see your MB manual) . Check that it is in the correct position.

Dom

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Patrick (pjm1990) said : 		#5

Dom!

See those little things are easily overlooked. Gosh knows I learned how to use it when learning to OC this board,

The Video card I had in here was too new and many glitches with 2D not 3 on NVIDIA 8000/9000 GeForce GPUs within Linux. Luckily I had an old 7950 laying around and it is VERY likely the CMOS jumper was knocked lose while physically uninstalling my 8600 card. I am here to stay with Ubuntu Studio,
Thanks,

Patrick

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Patrick (pjm1990) said : 		#6

Thanks Barmynon, that solved my question.

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Barmynon (kudos37) said : 		#7

Thats great. There's not many of those little straps left on modern motherboards- but that is one that will always have to be there. It all gets a bit dark and spaghetti like inside the average desktop box these days and its easy to inadvertently knock them off.

Glad I was able to help,

Dom