BillParrish
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A lot of people are having issues with (mainly DS3's) and what is called the cold boot issue.
This issue seems to consist of 2 main issues as far as I can tell.
1) Failure to boot, clear cmos does not work, board is boat anchor.
2) Bios settings not retained on reboot.
Actually the second problem is the classic "cold boot" as first reported.
I dont have a DS3 but in an effort to understand this issue I have, I think, discovered the problem. Remember that little book that came with the mb ? Now Gigabyte did do a good job of hiding the info you need but here it is.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/NewTech/2006_motherboard_newtech/article_04_bios_explained.htm
Stop what you are doing, right now, and install the bios recovery 2 utility.
GIGABYTE Xpress BIOS Rescue™ Technology
GIGABYTE Xpress BIOS Rescue™ is a tool that automatically recovers damaged BIOSes (plural for BIOS) to their original state. How it works is that an ISO file or image file of the BIOS is stored in a hidden file on the hard drive automatically each time your system boots. This copy is able to replace a corrupted BIOS automatically due to software applications or viruses without the need for CD or Floppy support. As the process is fully automated, there is no need to fix or change the BIOS through a command prompt. This helps to ensure your BIOS are functioning correctly at all times.
Linky for the lazy.
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/Utility_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Utility&FileID=62
what I think, I dont know for sure, but it seems that if you push the overclock and the board goes into its "reboot retry" cycle the bios could get corrupted espically if you get tired of it rebooting and flick off the power at the wrong moment. Without a bios image to reload the board is really screwed. Clearing the cmos will not recover from a corrupted bios. All this is guessing, I dont know for sure. but it would seem the above would at least help if such a situation is happening. It can not hurt and the board you save might be your own.
This issue seems to consist of 2 main issues as far as I can tell.
1) Failure to boot, clear cmos does not work, board is boat anchor.
2) Bios settings not retained on reboot.
Actually the second problem is the classic "cold boot" as first reported.
I dont have a DS3 but in an effort to understand this issue I have, I think, discovered the problem. Remember that little book that came with the mb ? Now Gigabyte did do a good job of hiding the info you need but here it is.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/NewTech/2006_motherboard_newtech/article_04_bios_explained.htm
Stop what you are doing, right now, and install the bios recovery 2 utility.
GIGABYTE Xpress BIOS Rescue™ Technology
GIGABYTE Xpress BIOS Rescue™ is a tool that automatically recovers damaged BIOSes (plural for BIOS) to their original state. How it works is that an ISO file or image file of the BIOS is stored in a hidden file on the hard drive automatically each time your system boots. This copy is able to replace a corrupted BIOS automatically due to software applications or viruses without the need for CD or Floppy support. As the process is fully automated, there is no need to fix or change the BIOS through a command prompt. This helps to ensure your BIOS are functioning correctly at all times.
Linky for the lazy.
http://tw.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/Utility_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Utility&FileID=62
what I think, I dont know for sure, but it seems that if you push the overclock and the board goes into its "reboot retry" cycle the bios could get corrupted espically if you get tired of it rebooting and flick off the power at the wrong moment. Without a bios image to reload the board is really screwed. Clearing the cmos will not recover from a corrupted bios. All this is guessing, I dont know for sure. but it would seem the above would at least help if such a situation is happening. It can not hurt and the board you save might be your own.