VAIO E series motherboard wont save settings.

[unheiligen]

Hello im having a problem. i just bought a new mobo for my laptop since the previous one died.
I installed it and when it turns on it gives me "no operating system found". I go to the bios to install a new operating system but every time that i change the boot order or any other setting on the BIOS it wont save, it just returns to its default setting. is the bios bad? what can i do so i can change the settings?

 

[Calvin7]

New motherboard may need a new battery (CR2032).

 

[unheiligen]

i thought of that and i did change the cmos battery but it still doesnt save the changes on the bios.

 

[unheiligen]

is there a way i can flash the bios without being on windows?

 

[jarotech]

Hi, try to put all settings by default before exiting the BIOS.

 

[unheiligen]

ok ill try that

 

[unheiligen]

i put default settings, save and exit and when enter again on the bios it still doesn't save the settings. its not the battery cause i have change it 3 times already.

 

[jarotech]

Did you use the original HDD from your old motherboard? Is the HDD in the BIOS the first drive to boot?

 

[unheiligen]

yes i did use the HDD from the old motherboard. the motherboard does detect the hard drive and its the first option on the boot settings

 

[jarotech]

You have two bad things from your new motherboard, it will not detect the HDD, this is the reason it said "no operating system found", and won't save anything you change in the BIOS. When you purchase the motherboard, it was a used one.

 

[unheiligen]

the seller listed it as new. ill file a complain then if there is nothing else that i can do about it.

 

[jarotech]

I don't know the model you have, if you can get it new, depends of the seller, and if you bought it on Ebay or Amazon, likely it's not a new motherboard.

 

[unheiligen]

Its a sony VAIO SVE141R11L. it was on ebay.