[mdlug] ECS A770M-A motherboard SATA controller failure - SOLVED

[Jeff Hanson]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Ingles, Raymond
<Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:
>  Well, I was dubious, but in the lengthy email exchanges with the ECS
> tech, he suggested clearing the CMOS. I did so, and now the SATA
> controllers are working again. This makes me worry about the reliability
> of the BIOS on this motherboard, but things are working, for now.

I've had weird problems caused by a dying CMOS battery.  Check yours
with a DVM.  Should be above 3V.