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burnselk
24th August 2006, 17:56
I have a 1998-99 (a guess) era computer (mobo MS 6117 version 1.1 LX6) that I'm trying to put back together and get working. This computer was given to me (I have no documentation). The mobo does have 2 USB ports so that may help determine the age of the computer.....just a thought.

Here's a concern of mine if I can get the mobo and everthing else hooked up correclty (the mobo was only partially attached to the case when I go it)......The CMOS battery is gone!! This means the CMOS settings have not been saved.

And that means the computer is not going to know how to configure the computer if and when I get it put back together.

As a result, it's not going to be able to boot the computer until the "settings" are restored.

Any good advice for me (other than saying dump it)?

What can I do? I'd really like to get this thing going again.
CWR03
24th August 2006, 18:11
With the power off, move the JBAT1 jumper from shorting 1 and 2 to shorting 2 and 3, then return the jumper.

MS-6117 BIOS & Manual (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=309&kind=1)
burnselk
24th August 2006, 18:45
MS-6117 BIOS & Manual

Thanks CWROE....but I can't seem to see the download site.
burnselk
24th August 2006, 18:46
With the power off, move the JBAT1 jumper from shorting 1 and 2 to shorting 2 and 3, then return the jumper.

Great information.....thanks
UofC
24th August 2006, 20:01
Do not turn it on while the jumper is moved to 2/3 or you could kill your computer. Just leave it if a short while then put it back to 1/2 and then boot the computer.
mike_lee
24th August 2006, 21:06
i had to reset my bios the other day so I removed the battery like normal. However, after removing the battery the PC would not boot. I had to go in and turn the raid controller on. I know the native BIOS should be correct but often they are not. There is also a floppy listed in my BIOS but I don't have a floppy, what a pain that has been. On the plus side my bios has controls for everything, overclocking the CPU overclocking the ram, etc heehee
Gehenna
25th August 2006, 09:16
@burnselk

Removing the battery on the mainboard will only result in the loss of BIOS settings (ie..time/date..ports IRQ...etc.etc)
The ciritical info on the BIOS chip is stored in EEPROM

Just put another battery in,reset the BIOS as others have posted,the computer will boot fine.
You can usually enter the BIOS Setup via ESCAPE or F2 whilst machine is in POST.