F9 Bios Lost settings

[kjjj11223344]

I recently updated to the F9 version of my BIOS, and, upon trying to apply some overclocking settings, my motherboard keeps on rebooting, saying something along the lines of, "boot failures due to overclocking, your settings have been reset." Is there any solution to this, as I was hoping the new BIOS would fix some power on issues I was having when I put my pc to sleep or hibernate. I have to say that the overclock settings did manage to stay for a while, but since I was experimenting, I had put in not enough volts for my CPU, and got a BSOD. After this BSOD, the overclocking settings didn't want to remain in the CMOS it seems. I even tried flashing back to my current BIOS, and then re-flashing to the F9 version, and upon applying overclocking settings, the computer would give me the same error.

[wazza300]

try clearing the cmos,best way is to leave out the motherboard battery for 30mins and then load optimised defaults in the bios,then re enter your bios/oc settings

[Conners]

I agree with wazza but methinks as long as you reset the comos, boot, load optimized defaults, reboot then apply any settings/oc you'll be good to go...

[boondocks]

From the problems I've seen, I wouldn't use the F9x beta bios. I'm sticking with F8 for now.

[kjjj11223344]

Thanks for the help guys. I did set optimized defaults to see if that would help, but my overclock settings still didn't stick. It is just strange because when I rever back to my current BIOS, F5 I believe, the settings do stick after I save to CMOS and exit. The only thing I haven't tried with the F9 BIOS is removing the battery, but honestly, I think I might just install the F8 BIOS (which is supposed to fix the power on issue also), or just wait for a new BIOS to come out, as I have a big CPU cooler, which I think is a real pain to take out. If I do find the time to take it out, I'll report back whether taking out the battery worked.

[Hyper530]

Which model of your board?

[profJim]

Am I missing something, what brand/model number/mobo version number do you have?

or just wait for a new BIOS to come out, as I have a big CPU cooler, which I think is a real pain to take out.

No-one is suggesting that you need to remove your cpu cooler.
The only thing you need to remove is the motherboard's battery as part of clearing your cmos.
unplug your power supply from the wall outlet
press and hold the front panel on/off switch for 15 seconds
put a jumper block on the motherboard's CLR_CMOS pins
wait 30 minutes, sometimes for several hours

When you're ready to boot, reverse the above steps.

[boondocks]

F9d is out for GA-Z77X-UD5H, reported to be better. Haven't tried it yet.

[kjjj11223344]

which model of your board?

ga-p67a-ud3-b3.

[kjjj11223344]

Am I missing something, what brand/model number/mobo version number do you have?

No-one is suggesting that you need to remove your cpu cooler.
The only thing you need to remove is the motherboard's battery as part of clearing your cmos.
unplug your power supply from the wall outlet
press and hold the front panel on/off switch for 15 seconds
put a jumper block on the motherboard's CLR_CMOS pins
wait 30 minutes, sometimes for several hours

When you're ready to boot, reverse the above steps.

I also have a CM Hyper 212+ cooler, and it's just big enough that last time I needed to take out the battery, I needed to remove the whole cooler. As for your suggestion, will save me from taking out the battery? I have tried clearing the CMOS, but only shorted the switches for about 10 seconds. Will doing it longer do the trick? Thanks.