MB ISSUES with ASUS M4A78-VM

[PEGASUS]

I think my MB (in an older computer) is faulty. It has an ASUS M4A78-VM MB within AMD3 CPU and 1 x 2GB DDR2 RAM stick. The PC used to work perfectly OK except the CPU fan was a bit noisy when cold starting but soon quietened down. The issues I am having are as follows;
1. Clock will not retain settings when turned off (even with power supply still ON. I replaced the CMOS battery but that made no difference. I swapped the RAM between slots and that too made no difference.
2. On POST I get the ASUS screen then beeps (2 or 3 very quick ones) and an error message on the screen telling me to press F1 for setup or F2 to use default settings. That I know how to handle, but...
3. On the monitor it says I have 1 x USB Keyboard and 1 x USB mouse (correct), but it won't initialise them and the PS2 port also does not work/is not initialised.
Since I have no keyboard or mouse working I can't do anything.

Suggestions - anything worth trying or simply get a new MB? The problem there is finding one that will take the AM3 CPU and DDR 2 RAM as everything now is DDR4.

This is only a spare computer I use for copying old video tapes for later conversion on my main PC.

One other thing - OS is Windows 7 Home (GENUINE) which before it decided to not boot up, kept telling me my copy was not genuine. Any ideas why that would happen?

I am reasonably knowledgeable about computers but I have not encountered this problem before. Help appreciated.

 

[eidairaman1]

Reflash motherboard bios

I think my MB (in an older computer) is faulty. It has an ASUS M4A78-VM MB within AMD3 CPU and 1 x 2GB DDR2 RAM stick. The PC used to work perfectly OK except the CPU fan was a bit noisy when cold starting but soon quietened down. The issues I am having are as follows;
1. Clock will not retain settings when turned off (even with power supply still ON. I replaced the CMOS battery but that made no difference. I swapped the RAM between slots and that too made no difference.
2. On POST I get the ASUS screen then beeps (2 or 3 very quick ones) and an error message on the screen telling me to press F1 for setup or F2 to use default settings. That I know how to handle, but...
3. On the monitor it says I have 1 x USB Keyboard and 1 x USB mouse (correct), but it won't initialise them and the PS2 port also does not work/is not initialised.
Since I have no keyboard or mouse working I can't do anything.

Suggestions - anything worth trying or simply get a new MB? The problem there is finding one that will take the AM3 CPU and DDR 2 RAM as everything now is DDR4.

This is only a spare computer I use for copying old video tapes for later conversion on my main PC.

One other thing - OS is Windows 7 Home (GENUINE) which before it decided to not boot up, kept telling me my copy was not genuine. Any ideas why that would happen?

I am reasonably knowledgeable about computers but I have not encountered this problem before. Help appreciated.

 

[PEGASUS]

Reflash motherboard bios

Perhaps helpful if I could get past the error message telling me to press F1 to run setup. I have no mouse of keyboard working so I am unable to get into the BIOS or windows or anything. All I can do is turn off or restart and just got back to the same situation. My screen says I have a Mouse and keyboard but they are not turned on so they don't work. The videos refer to the BIOS on a Graphics Card, not on the main MB. My problem is I am unable to get the computer to pass GO.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

1. Clock will not retain settings when turned off I replaced the CMOS battery but that made no difference. I swapped the RAM between slots and that too made no difference.
2. an error message on the screen telling me to press F1 for setup or F2 to use default settings.

That's an known issue with AMI BIOS on Asus motherboards when using UEFI-era video cards, such as a Radeon RX 580 with a legacy-BIOS.

 

[PEGASUS]

That's an known issue with AMI BIOS on Asus motherboards when using UEFI-era video cards, such as a Radeon RX 580 with a legacy-BIOS.

This does not have a separate video card. Will not boot into OS. Will not power up the mouse or keyboard. I think it's dead. Looks like I may be able to get a MB to take the CPU but not the RAM (DDR2).