P45A Battery/CMOS problem

[GanJahMan]

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?

[chinaguy]

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.

[dctokyo]

Did you make sure that you save the settings in the BIOS? Are you able to save to a profile?

[therager]

Also remove mb from the case and try again - some short circuit with the metal chassis may occur.

[Lord Trident]

dont remember the p45a having any battery problem one of the board did but not 45a
as i say the battery is old you just got a dead battery

people for get a battery on motherboard only last a year so better but a lot of other not so
so for the cost if a few pance you should just repleace it