Why does my Linksys WRT54GS keep losing its memory?

Why does my Linksys WRT54GS keep losing its memory? I was given this second hand wireless router a while back. It generally works fine, but sometimes loses all its settings. It gets turned off at night, along with the PC and cable modem, so I'm guessing that the non-volatile memory is volatile after all, but it doesn't happen every time.
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Guest [Entry]

There is no battery in this device. Likely the NVRAM isn't working correctly or it was relying on a capacitor which doesn't last all night. Personally I would first check for firmware upgrades on the Linksys by Cisco site (silly name) incase this firmware isn't correctly using NVRAM.

Guest [Entry]

"no battery.

try updating to the latest firmware (or DD-WRT or Tomato, whichever you prefer)

if that doesn't fix it, consider it toast."