P45A Battery/CMOS problem
Hi all, I wanted to see if anyone seen an issue I have with an old Foxconn P45A motherboard. I had unplugged the power cord from the machine for a couple days and when I plugged/powered on, the BIOS had lost its settings. I figured the mobo battery was dead and replaced it with a new one. Problem is after I resetup the BIOS and unplugged/repluged the power cord for testing, it lost its settings again. The clear CMOS jumper is set to its default position as well. Not sure what else to look at here, is there some kind of setting in the Power Managment settings in the CMOS that would control this?
Clean the Battery Terminals
If you can find a "Ink Pen Rubber/Eraser" give the battery terminals a quick scrub as they may have oxidized or some corrosion on them. Also give the battery a rub to clean the contacts just to make sure.