Boot inconsistencies CMOS related?

[banned.in.queensland7]

Hi everyone I'm hoping that this isn't the wrong place for this, but Its related to overclocking so I thought it would be fine.

Recently I finished a "cheap" build which I got for a good price then added a few nice bits and pieces to (specs at the end) and I set my settings right and save and exit the BIOS and they are fine, everything is stable. Then I'll try the computer off for the night, go to use it the following day and the redacted won't post. So I give it a power cycle and then usually it works but then it's reset all of my settings back to factory. Also have noticed the CPU core voltage having to creep higher as I go. My question is is the CMOS battery a potential cause and has anyone experienced anything similar in the past?

System is:
CPU: x5650 OC 4.3ghz (AIO cooler)
Mobo: Asus P6t (can't remember which particular variant right now)
Ram: 12gb Kingston 1600mhz
GPU: gigabyte G1 980ti
PSU: corsair cx850m (about 2 days old)

Not sure if storage matters but I have 1 boot SSD and 3 3.5 inch drives in it.

I started with my CPU core voltage at 1.3v but it's now been crept up to 1.33v (otherwise it wouldn't boot) my dram voltage is 1.65v and is at 1595 MHz, the incorrect is at 3300ish MHz I have spedstep disabled, base clock set to 199 and multiplyer to 22.

I hope this is enough info. Cheers
Joe

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[Lutfij]

I've had a similar issue where I'd have to remove the rams and replace them to get the system to POST. I eventually replaced the CMOS battery and for good measure, made sure the BIOS was up to date and reflashed it. It does have it's hiccups, here and there but replacing the CMOS battery is a good place to start.

 

[banned.in.queensland7]

It's not completely up to date bios it's one or 2 versions behind. And yeh triple channel memory is expensive so hopefully I won't need to replace that. The battery is definitely so far the cheapest solution