Quote Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue View Post
i took the battery out to clear cmos and then moved the RTC jumper to let it sit overnight for about 8 hours...put it all back together this morning and all my settings were gone from the CMOS Reload section..expected!...

i powered down and then powered up and low and behold my CMOS RELOAD settings were all restored...how it do THAT!...i cleared all that stuff out overnight!!!
I don't have the faintest idea why the Reloaded settings would have appeared to be gone after clearing the CMOS. The fact that your settings reappeared is what should always happen. The Reloaded settings are not stored in the BIOS chip. The utility required to wipe those settings is not available to the public. Once settings are stored the only thing the user can do is overwrite them.