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Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings

smdb

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Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« on: June 24, 2016, 11:29:22 am »
Hi all,
my GA-Z170-HD3P (no one overclock: CPU or RAM) sometimes is losting the setted parameters and alls return to default values.
Instead Date and Time is always correct.
The CMOS battery is new but I've replacing again, the power supply is Cooler Master GX 650 Bronze.
The firmware release installed is the latest (F5: 03/07/2016).

Someone have the same issue?

Re: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2016, 11:14:20 am »
The same happens to me

Re: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2016, 10:05:25 pm »
Hello,

What memory are you using in the motherboard? (make/model/Frequency)
My PC is evolving

smdb

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Re: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2016, 01:23:34 pm »
Hi, my PC mounts Crucial 8 GB 2400 MHz memories. I've tested them and no one problem coming up.
« Last Edit: July 18, 2016, 01:24:51 pm by smdb »

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Re: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2016, 02:21:11 pm »
Hello,

Please download and reflash the F5 BIOS to check it helps.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5495&kw=GA-Z170-HD3P#bios


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Re: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2016, 09:30:31 am »
I've already mounted the latest firmware (F5)....

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Re: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2016, 05:04:28 am »
Hi, my PC mounts Crucial 8 GB 2400 MHz memories. I've tested them and no one problem coming up.

Greetings,
I'd test with a different stick of RAM. 

If you have re-flashed the BIOS multiple times, the chances of a bad flash are low unless your source file is corrupt.

Power and MB battery are fine, otherwise you'd lose date and time as well as settings. 

Even if you aren't over clocking, memory that struggles to meet BIOS specs could cause this type of behavior.  I think ElectroStingz is on the right track with memory.  You can try manual settings, or test with another stick of RAM to confirm.
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Re: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P BIOS sometimes losting settings
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2016, 02:23:50 pm »
Short follow-up:
After changed the 3th CMOS battery it seem that the BIOS holds all the settings at now.
It's a strange behaviour, but I'm thinking that the battery drain down because it is located under the PCI-Express Graphic card. So I'm thinking that the heat generated by VGA card could drain the battery prematurely.
« Last Edit: November 21, 2016, 02:24:50 pm by smdb »