Sounds like you have that jumper in the wrong place...

See page 129-130 in the manual for correct settngs.

Does it matter if I accidentally switched the two pins? Meaning I took the RTCRST pin and moved it to the PSWRD pin?

I will give this an attempt in ~ 5 hours and get back to you! Thank you for the quick reply.

When I move the jumper to the original settings is there anything I should do before booting? Or should I just follow that manual?

You must move jumper back to 2-3

Thanks for the quick reply. I definitely think that is a strong possibility as I messed with the jumpers and didn't remember the original (correct) settings. I will attempt this fix and get back to you in ~ 5 hours.

Hopefully this works, and if it doesn't, hopefully you have more suggestions :)

Just put it back on pins 2 and 3 where it belongs. Then close the case and see if it works...

It did not work. Same issue :(

You have jumped jumpers to places they never should have been.

You have zapped your motherboard with static electricity.

You have permanently damaged your motherboard.

My motherboard is fried even though there is still an image on my screen?

You still getting the "RTC is reset" message?  You're sure the jumper is properly seated on the correct 2 pins? And is the battery installed correctly too?  

Have you tried pressing F2 immediately after booting to see if you can get into BIOS setup? Once in setup, set date and time to correct values. Maybe that will clear the RTC message.

If you -hopefully- copied all BIOS settings before your very first attempt to reset BIOS by removing the battery, make sure all current settings match what you copied. If you didn't copy the previous settings, don't start randomly changing things now. Be sure to save the change to date/time before exiting setup and see if it boots now.

Did you make any other jumper changes that you haven't undone? You mentioned something about a  PSWRD pin that I didn't understand...

Ron,

First, thanks for taking the time to help me, I really appreciate it.

Yes I am still getting the same message. "RTC is reset..." I am positive that the jumper is properly seated on the correct 2 pins per the motherboard manual's specs. The battery is installed properly from what I can tell.

I have attempted to press F2 immediately after booting. I have even tried to toggle FN during that, all to no avail.

I don't believe I made any other changes.

The PSWD pin is another jumper that I thought I had to switch in order to reset the CMOS. It is on page 128 of this manual.

Thanks again for your continued support!

Chase

I found a solution to the issue. It was a keyboard incompatibility with default BIOS settings. I did not cause permanent damage to my motherboard. Thank you for your help!

Glad you got it sorted!

Care to share the magic sauce so others (eg, me) can learn something from your experience?

I know this is an old thread, but just to close the loop on this one, I encountered the exact same situation yesterday.  The issue is that my fancy gaming keyboard would not work to press F1 to continue.  I had to use a cheap old USB keyboard to accomplish this.  Perhaps the power draw of the gaming keyboard is too great.