CMOS will not hold time or date

[pippip]

The mother board is Asroc K7Ugrade-880.the comp is 3 months old. I bought it for my g/son at a comp market in Hull from a firm based in Manchester Problems!!!! When it boots up It pauses giving me the option F1 to continue bootup. F2 to enter bios, if i enter date/time in bios it is ok. It will restart. If I shut comp' it will bootup ok.Correct time showing on desktop,but if I shut it down and then switch it off on the wall socket it's back to sqaure one,could it be the CMOS battery how do i test it.Hope someone can help these are desperate times belive me.Many thanks in advance. pippip

 

[muckshifter]

Change the CMOS battery ... Maplins, watch repare shop will have them ... it is easy enough to do.

 

[kunal256]

YA WOULD COST U LESS THAN 10$...just get a new one!

 

[pippip]

many thanks to Kunal 256 & Muckshifter for your help,I fitted new CMOS battery,I also found a further problem the company who built the comp had left the CMOS RAM CLEAR shorted hence the flat battry on a new computer all solved now many thanks again. pippip

 

[muckshifter]

... great to hear.