My friend hit the clear cmos button on my motherboard.

[Hopefulfool]

Is there any way I can remedy the issue? The computer won't turn on. The PSU doesn't even spin up. The only thing that lights up is the clear cmos button on the board. Any ideas to fix it or is the board done for? The mb is a ga-x58a-ud3r

 

[jrivett]

Pressing the 'clr CMOS' button should reset the motherboard to a bootable state. Power it up, then press the 'clr CMOS' button, wait a few seconds, then power off the computer. Wait a few seconds, then power it back on.

If it still doesn't power up, there's something more serious wrong with it. The motherboard's manual has a power-up troubleshooting guide that may help.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-X58A-UD3R-rev-20#support-manual

 

[mdd1963]

With power removed from PSU---you might try removing the CMOS battery, then holding the clear CMOS for 10 seconds, reinstall CMOS battery....

 

[rgd1101]

Did he hit the button while the computer was on?

 

[mdd1963]

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-X58A-UD3R-rev-20#ov

Supposedly, the board is dual BIOS equipped....

Might try just another new BIOS battery

 

[xybersurfer]

why did your friend hit it in the first place? was there already something wrong with it?