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Keep having to reseat CMOS battery for computer to function

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Using Gigabyte Am3+ Mobo 735W Power Supply Relatively New 8gb Gddr video card 16gig ram
All pieces save for the Graphics card were bought in 2014 or so.

Computer has been working well for about 4 months and problems started.
Computer would occasionally freeze and on reboot, be stuck in post... it was not able to find the boot drive. Clearing the power or unplugging and replugging in the boot drive fixed the issue.

Eventually the computer froze, but on reboot the post began to appear on the screen for a quick moment, before the screen went black (monitor still reading a signal, blue light). Computer would still boot, fans would run, but keyboard light idles and nothing appears on screen.
I cleared the CMOS by replacing the battery, and it booted up normally. Played games for a night, all was well, powered down before bed. Next morning, dead again, and I had to reseat CMOS battery to fix.

Any idea what is going on? I dont get any beeps when the issue is present, even if I unseat the RAM. I have it running right now because I reseated battery, but I am sure it will return or continue to get worse as it has been.
 
Welcome to PCHF hadini77,

Can you tell us the model name or number of the MB, the video card and the PSU so we can do some research.

I cleared the CMOS by replacing the battery,
Do you mean with an out of the wrapper new battery or just removing and replacing the original CMOS battery.

Played games for a night, all was well, powered down before bed. Next morning, dead again, and I had to reseat CMOS battery to fix.
Did you check the time and date in the BIOS when this happened to see if they were correct.

Any idea what is going on? I dont get any beeps when the issue is present, even if I unseat the RAM.
Does the computer normally beep once it has passed the power on self test (POST).
 
It is a Gigabyte 970A UD3 for mobo. Video card is a Geforce GTX 1070. PSU is a Thunder V2 735 Watt.

Originally I replace the battery with a new fresh one, though the same issue returned and was corrected 2nd time by just reseating the new one. I did not check date and time but it is running right now and is correct.

It does not beep I notice (even when booting up to OS as it should), though I believe it used to.

THanks for the reply
 
Apologies for the late reply hadini77.

The board does not ship with an onboard BIOS speaker so unless one has been retro fitted you will not get any error beeps, see attachment below for where any speaker would be located.

We should check the HDD out;


Download and run Crystal Disk info (free) from here

Run the program, grab a screenshot (possibly two) of the results and upload for us to check.

To capture and post a screenshot;

Click on the ALT key + PRT SCR key..its on the top row..right hand side..now click on start...all programs...accessories...paint....left click in the white area ...press CTRL + V...click on file...click on save...save it to your desktop...name it something related to the screen your capturing... BE SURE TO SAVE IT AS A .JPG ...otherwise it may be to big to upload... after typing in any response you have... click on Upload a File to add the screenshot.

Screenshot instructions are provided to assist those that may read this topic but are not yet aware of the “how to”.
 

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Thank you for your reply and being so thorough.

Okay I am installing that now and will post a screenshot soon. I do not believe it is HDD,. I had a HDD failure 4 months ago and bought a brand new SSD and windows 10... did a fresh install and everything. Was working after doing that for about 4-5 months. A new symptom to report.... If I leave computer on forever it will continue to stay in windows. If i turn off the monitor however, it is unlikely I will be able to get any video to return without unplugging battery/resetting CMOS.

This happened this morning and I was playing games.. they seemed to be running okay (far cry 5 at very high settings @ 60fps). Now, 14 hours later... computer is running slower. Same settings gets me about 45 fps in Far Cry 5. Things are a little bit choppier. A quick reboot did not fix this slowness... though I asume a CMos reset would.

I am planning to try and flash the bios and if that does not work it has to be the mobo. Only thing is I am not sure what to do about flashing BIOS, my pc has no floppy drive and I never see USB as a boot option in my bios.
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Boot drive is all good.

If i turn off the monitor however, it is unlikely I will be able to get any video to return without unplugging battery/resetting CMOS
The monitor is not influenced by the CMOS battery but the GPU that the monitor is connected to is.


This happened this morning and I was playing games.. they seemed to be running okay (far cry 5 at very high settings @ 60fps). Now, 14 hours later... computer is running slower. Same settings gets me about 45 fps in Far Cry 5.
You cannot really judge a computers performance by online gaming as you will only get as good a connection as what your ISP is providing you, certain times of the day the connection is far better, when most folk are asleep for example.

Flashing the BIOS is always a last resort and being an older board it is most likely that you have the latest version in any event.

Do you know anyone that you could borrow a good quality 500W PSU from, Raidmax are on the avoid list and a flaky PSU can cause all sorts of problems.

Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.

In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.
 
Couple of things of note in Speccy, one could be an anomalous reading but the others are not, stick with addressing the RAM issue detailed below first;

AMD FX-8320: 13 °C
Temp looks a bit on the low side for a processor, we should check his another way after we have your next update.

Hibernation: Enabled
This is a useless setting that causes many folk problems

Memory slots
Total memory slots: 4
Used memory slots: 2
Free memory slots: 2
Memory
Type: DDR3
Size: 16384 MBytes
Channels #: Single
DRAM Frequency: 937.6 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL): 10 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD): 10 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP): 10 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS): 30 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC): 45 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage: 37 %
Your RAM is only running in single instead of dual channel mode, this suggests that the RAM is in the wrong slot/s, it is also causing you to have high memory usage, see the attachment included below in which I have highlighted the slots that your RAM should be in, this may not resolve the present problem but it will however make sure that you get the best performance from the RAM when you are able to use the computer.

BIOS
Brand: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: FC
Date: 1/28/2013
If all else fails there is a later version of the BIOS, see info of what it is for here

Date: 1/28/2013
Voltage
CPU CORE: 0.936 V
The CPU voltage is a little on the low side which may explain the low CPU temps.

Partition 1
Partition ID: Disk #0, Partition #1
Disk Letter: C:
File System: NTFS
Volume Serial Number: FC7EA4E1
Size: 255 GB
Used Space: 194 GB (76%)
Free Space: 60 GB (24%)
Don`t let the amount of free storage space get any lower than this or you risk Windows becoming corrupted.
 

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