Bios (cmos) resets after every powercut or outage even the pc was turned off.

[januda]

2 minutes ago, januda said:

How should i fix it evertime i set my other ssd as boot driver . After a power cut it sets that sata ssd as the boot drive

 

[zipspence]

2 minutes ago, januda said:

How should i fix it evertime i set my other ssd as boot driver . After a power cut it sets that sata ssd as the boot drive

Depends on the BIOS menu, but normally there are a few ways to do it, if you have a boot tab, head there and you might have to diable secure boot to get it to change the boot order, but in the bios you change to the media type with the correct order with all the drives plugged in, ensure you save the configuration before exiting the BIOS. It can be finicky but you might have to try a few different times to get it to line up correctly as well as even changing where each drive is on the SATA headers at times. But pulling up your MB manual or finding the Manual online should give you the method that is best to get the order changed correctly. Also many MBs have a feature where they will "automatically" choose the boot drive, which has to be disabled as well. 

[januda]

31 minutes ago, zipspence said:

Depends on the BIOS menu, but normally there are a few ways to do it, if you have a boot tab, head there and you might have to diable secure boot to get it to change the boot order, but in the bios you change to the media type with the correct order with all the drives plugged in, ensure you save the configuration before exiting the BIOS. It can be finicky but you might have to try a few different times to get it to line up correctly as well as even changing where each drive is on the SATA headers at times. But pulling up your MB manual or finding the Manual online should give you the method that is best to get the order changed correctly. Also many MBs have a feature where they will "automatically" choose the boot drive, which has to be disabled as well. 

thanks for all the help bro. fixed it there was a partition in the SSD called system left or something from the previous OS installation that's the reason it selected as the boot drive

again thank you for the tips

[zipspence]

20 minutes ago, januda said:

thanks for all the help bro. fixed it there was a partition in the SSD called system left or something from the previous OS installation that's the reason it selected as the boot drive

again thank you for the tips

No problem, happy to help!

[januda]

On 12/24/2022 at 1:32 AM, zipspence said:

No problem, happy to help!

Bro it happened again i dont know why.

But  can this be the reason ?

[Mark Kaine]

honestly those msi "pro vdh" or similarly named boards seem to have issues very often, ive  been seeing that since years actually... i dunno

 

also did you consider cleaning the whole board with ipa or actually pcb cleaner, especially all the connectors and slots?

 

additionally im wondering why there are so many power outages,  it seems really frequent?  maybe its something with your house wiring etc, has an electrician checked that?

[Dedayog]

This may sound really dumb, but is there anything in the CMOS battery slot that is protecting the contacts or otherwise in the way?

 

You know how you sometimes have to remove a plastic strip from a new item so the included batteries don't drain on storing and shipping?

 

Has it ever NOT reset BIOS?  Is this a new problem?

[januda]

On 12/25/2022 at 4:49 PM, Mark Kaine said:

honestly those msi "pro vdh" or similarly named boards seem to have issues very often, ive  been seeing that since years actually... i dunno

 

also did you consider cleaning the whole board with ipa or actually pcb cleaner, especially all the connectors and slots?

 

additionally im wondering why there are so many power outages,  it seems really frequent?  maybe its something with your house wiring etc, has an electrician checked that?

no I'm in Sri Lanka so here we have power-cuts twice a day, ill try clean it

[januda]

On 12/25/2022 at 8:14 PM, Dedayog said:

This may sound really dumb, but is there anything in the CMOS battery slot that is protecting the contacts or otherwise in the way?

 

You know how you sometimes have to remove a plastic strip from a new item so the included batteries don't drain on storing and shipping?

 

Has it ever NOT reset BIOS?  Is this a new problem?

its been nearly a year with no issues

 

[Dedayog]

5 hours ago, januda said:

its been nearly a year with no issues

 

Then it looks like the battery died, is the only thing I can think of that's not catastrophic.  

[januda]

4 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Then it looks like the battery died, is the only thing I can think of that's not catastrophic.  

did replace it. i think this is the prob

 

[januda]

1 minute ago, januda said:

did replace it. i think this is the prob

 

 when the pc boot , power the led lights 2 twice so I think it is

[Dedayog]

39 minutes ago, januda said:

did replace it. i think this is the prob

 

 

35 minutes ago, januda said:

 when the pc boot , power the led lights 2 twice so I think it is

I am not sure what you're showing us.  Your cursor is on the RAM, and your line highlighted is the Memory Failure Retry.   Are you saying that you think the RAM is the issue?

Edit:  Yes, BIOS can reset on errors.

[januda]

18 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

 

I am not sure what you're showing us.  Your cursor is on the RAM, and your line highlighted is the Memory Failure Retry.   Are you saying that you think the RAM is the issue?

RAM has no bearing on BOIS resetting at all.  The BIOS is separate from the rest of your machine, hence having its own battery.  You can replace the RAM, CPU, GPU, drives, etc.  and the BIOS will still have the same settings.  They will probably be off vs the new components, but they won't have reset.

i mean the highlighted one

 

[januda]

19 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

 

I am not sure what you're showing us.  Your cursor is on the RAM, and your line highlighted is the Memory Failure Retry.   Are you saying that you think the RAM is the issue?

RAM has no bearing on BOIS resetting at all.  The BIOS is separate from the rest of your machine, hence having its own battery.  You can replace the RAM, CPU, GPU, drives, etc.  and the BIOS will still have the same settings.  They will probably be off vs the new components, but they won't have reset.

it says if there is mem a failure it will boot up with defults

 

[Dedayog]

4 minutes ago, januda said:

it says if there is mem a failure it will boot up with defults

 

Ahh, you're thinking the RAM is bad and causing the BIOS defaults.  Are there any other issues with your RAM?  Are you trying to OC it every time?  

[januda]

16 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Ahh, you're thinking the RAM is bad and causing the BIOS defaults.  Are there any other issues with your RAM?  Are you trying to OC it every time?  

ram is fine i tried it on a another computer also tried other ram but it still there

 

[Dedayog]

30 minutes ago, januda said:

ram is fine i tried it on a another computer also tried other ram but it still there

 

So you've replaced the CMOS battery.  You've tested RAM.  Do you still think it's RAM then?   You say the RAM is fine but you had posted you think the issue is RAM.  

 

Not following your thought process here, explain more.