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annoying problem with hard drive boot priority

#1 computerxpds

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Posted 04 April 2010 - 02:39 PM

ok this is a problem that has been plaguing me for a while, every now and again the hard drive boot disk priority will change and when i start the computer sometimes it will be set for my backup disk and it is really annoying. so any way i could get this to stay put? its my asus p5n-d mobo with a phoenix bios all up to date.

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This post has been edited by computerxpds: 04 April 2010 - 02:53 PM

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Posted 04 April 2010 - 04:26 PM

If any of my BIOS settings changed on their own...I'd suspect that the CMOS battery needs to be replaced.

CMOS Battery Replacement - http://www.liverepair.com/encyclopedia/art...cmosreplace.asp

Typically costs less than $4 in this part of Texas, available anywhere selling photo/electronic/watch batteries.

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Posted 04 April 2010 - 08:10 PM

Already tried that. I have tons of those batteries sitting around most still in their packages.

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 10:41 AM

Then...I'd say that you have a BIOS problem of some type.

That means you resort to updating such...or installing a new chip, IMO.

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 01:14 PM

Well Now that I think about it I did flash the bios recently because of an update do you think I should restore to the last bios image and see if that does it?

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