Keep getting BIOS corruption on GA-H77M-D3H

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Hi there! I'm afraid I need your help...
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System:
Motherboard: GA-H77M-D3H (rev. 1.0)
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
RAM: 2x 4 Gb Kingston Fury white (1600), 2x 2 Gb Corsair something (1600)
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon R9 280X (R9-280X-TDFD), display is over HDMI
PSU: ChiefTec GPS-500C (500W, passive cooled one)

System drive: Samsung 840 Evo 250 Gb (MZ-7TE250BW)
Other drives: pair of WD Caviar Greens, 1 Tb and 320 Gb

Other connected devices: Logitech web-cam
Piano and rodent are USB wireless kit.
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Story:
MB, CPU and Corsair's half of the RAM are about 2-3 years old. They were used for about a year (with no GPU and in another case), and then forgotten.
A month ago I got a new case and put those it. Added new half of RAM (Kingston), new GPU, connected to new PSU and powered it up.

Had some memory problems at first, but swapped modules and system started. Flashed F14 (beta) BIOS right away. No problems until recently.
3 days ago I shut down the system, and the next morning I got following:
Press power button: leds light up, fans turn on, 3 seconds later - everything goes down. 2 more seconds - everything lights up again. No boot, no post, no beeps during all of that.

Googled a bit, removed the GPU, connected to on-board HDMI. Reset CMOS.
Power on - board tells me that main BIOS got corrupt and it's restoring it from secondary (whoever came up with dual bios feature - be blessed!)
BIOS restored, system boots up.
I flash F12 bios (latest one non-beta), power off, insert GPU, power on - everything works.

Up until... You guessed it, next shut-down.
Replaced CMOS battery with a new one yesterday, this morning - same "on, off, stuck, no beeps" state.

Unfortunately, I can't test any other GPU with a system or test GPU on any other system 🙁
Any suggestions?
 
Solution
If your RAM were bad, you might have corruption in your OS and other software you run after the OS starts, but not your BIOS. Also, a GPU is not going to lead to BIOS corruption.

If you've replaced the battery and you're still getting errors, you probably need a new motherboard. That mobo on Amazon right now is around $90USD.
If your RAM were bad, you might have corruption in your OS and other software you run after the OS starts, but not your BIOS. Also, a GPU is not going to lead to BIOS corruption.

If you've replaced the battery and you're still getting errors, you probably need a new motherboard. That mobo on Amazon right now is around $90USD.
 
Solution
Hi

I suggest running just with Kingston ram for a few days
then Corsair ram for a few days

set them to default setting (no over clocking)

If 500W PSU has no fan I would be worried about over heating and voltage levels (with Graphics card in use)
see spec for recomended PSU rating 750 W with 6 & 8 pin pci-e cables

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/products/amd-radeon-r9-series/amd-radeon-r9-280x-black-double-dissipation-edition-r9-280x-tdbd

It is fairly easy to check voltage using a multmeter connected to a spare molex connector

red - black 5.0 V +- 0.25V
yellow black 12 V +_ 0.6V


regards
Mike Barnes
 
First of all, sorry for sort of necro-posting, but I do believe that question is best answered, than hanged :)

To the point. I figured it out! My problem was this adorable lil guy:
Thermaltake Chaser A41
To be exact: case's power button. Due to poor design power button could get stuck, which led to some weird behaviour on MoBo part, which led to BIOS corruption.

So, if you have similar problem with that case: be gentle with power button.
Cheers.
 

That's some good info!
 
I have the similar issue, i was unplugging an SSD drive and it broke (ssd power plug) so i turned off the computer unplugged it and plugged an old hdd to install windowd on it , and the it starts then turns off after a couple of seconds, i stripped the mother board from everything i even replaced the power supply and same thing , and its not the power button as i power it one without it. So I'm not sure