Sabertooth Z87 - Bios Clock Issue

[Krait]

The basic problem is that the clock in the UEFI bios stops working on a regular basis.

I can remove the battery and it will restart (at least for a day or two) but it always stops again - I've tried 4 different batteries and the longest that the clock continued to work was 8 days.
It's only the clock that doesn't work (at least as far as I know) - all the other bios settings stay the same (except when resetting cmos ofc)
I've tried it at stock and OC'ed and it still persists in stopping, I've also tried using my older PSU (Seasonic 860 xp1) and the same result.

I suppose it's either a bios problem (bios 1205) or a MB fault but if anyone has a suggestion for me to try, in case it's neither of these, it would be most welcome.
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[Raja]

Are all of you updating the MEI driver as well?

[Logitrust]

hi, yep, im set with the Intel Management Engine Interface V9.5.14.1724 for Windows 7/8/8.1 32bit & 64bit.(WHQL)

[Raja]

I still haven't found a US based customer with this issue that's willing to do a board exchange, so there's not much I can do until that happens. In the meantime I suggest those of you from other regions contact your local support departments.

[TwoPacks]

Please see PM

[TwoPacks]

Raja@ASUS wrote:
I still haven't found a US based customer with this issue that's willing to do a board exchange, so there's not much I can do until that happens. In the meantime I suggest those of you from other regions contact your local support departments.

See PM. I would be interested in getting you one of the boards.

[Raja]

TwoPacks wrote:
See PM. I would be interested in getting you one of the boards.

You have a return PM.

[Logitrust]

can report that the clock stopped for me now after warm booting. il contact the dealer and asking to get another board to morrow..

[azeroth182]

Hi Everyone... had the same problem with the system or BIOS clock. I went to the store where purchased the motherboard and we notice that the seconds on the BIOS clock is stock. They tried BIOS flashback but the result is the same... STOCK CLOCK!!! So they gave me a nw SABERTHOOT and it works... Thank GOD I'm still covered with the warranty..

[MaxThrust]

Raja,
I've just purchased a Maximus IV Hero board and assembled it this past weekend. I too am having the stopped clock issue. I'm not overclocked and have only changed the fast boot options. I have an i7 4770k, 16Gb RAM (2 sticks), EVGA GTX 770, WIN7 64 with all updates and the latest BIOS.
I have not tried a reset yet, but I keep setting the system time and it keeps reverting to some random time. Sometimes the previous boot time, sometimes a time in the past, sometimes something apparently totally random.
I am willing to send this board in without changing anything at this point. I would need a replacement board and rather quickly as I am a student with online classes.
Please contact me if you still need a board.
Thank you,
Mike

[Ray_Proudfoot]

Although I had a Maximus VI Gene it still had the frozen clock problem. After applying a MEI update a few weeks ago I thought it was fixed.

Sadly the problem started again last week so I've now returned my PC for the motherboard to be switched to a Gigabyte. I've lost faith with Asus.