[garynortheast]

I have a Dell Inspiron 530 with a Core 2 Quad processor, the Foxconn DG33M03 motherboard and 3GB of RAM. It's running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1. If I disconnect the power supply and do a static discharge after shutting down the unit, when I restart it the bios reverts to the original date and time (2007) and it looks for the non-existent floppy drive. I can enter the bios and reset date, time, FDC and floppy drive settings then restart and it runs perfectly. If I shut it down but leave the power supply plugged in and switched on it retains the bios settings but the next time I shut down and remove the power supply it reverts again on booting up and shows me the floppy drive seek error message. I have replaced the CMOS battery twice with new batteries and have checked that the bios version is the latest but all to no avail. I suspect a bios chip problem but would be pleased to hear other views and opinions on this.

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One thing you can check is the reset jumper for your cmos, if by any chance it was left on the open 2 pins (pin 2-3) it might cause it to reset itself, make sure it is on the correct pins (1-2). If your reset pins are the other option (jumper in to reset, jumper off to keep value) then check and make sure no jumper are on the pins.

 

 

Hope that helps

[Alzeimer]

One thing you can check is the reset jumper for your cmos, if by any chance it was left on the open 2 pins (pin 2-3) it might cause it to reset itself, make sure it is on the correct pins (1-2). If your reset pins are the other option (jumper in to reset, jumper off to keep value) then check and make sure no jumper are on the pins.

 

 

Hope that helps

[garynortheast]

Thanks for the reply.

Two settings for the jumper - 1-2 = clear and 2-3 = normal (default) settings. The jumper is on 2-3. When I tried it on 1-2 and tried to power up there was absolutely no response from the machine.

Edited by garynortheast, 05 September 2014 - 08:29 AM.

[Alzeimer]

Sorry about that, guess Dell are different than usual, is it's on normal but does not keep the settings when you unplug the power cord and you have installed a new battery then it might be caused by:

 

1- The new battery was faulty, try a new one

2- Your power supply is causing a short that is masking the battery to be drained right away (shorted)

#- the battery is good but the motherboard battery socket is faulty (bad solders)   

[123Runner]

I concur with Alzeimer about the board. You have already done the cmos battery again. The only other option is the board. I doubt the power supply though, but if you have another to try it wouldn't hurt.