How To Clear Your Computer's CMOS

Not all computer troubleshooting can be handled within your operating system or by troubleshooting specific components. Some ...
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How to Clear a Compaq Presario CMOS Password

If you've locked yourself out of your Compaq Presario by an unknown CMOS password, you can reset the password -- along with all other CMOS settings -- by removing the computer's backup battery for ...
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What is a CMOS Battery? How It Works & How to Replace One [2024]

CMOS stands for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor and despite its size, it does much more than you think. Let’s clarify a few things first. A CMOS chip is vastly different than the CMOS battery ...
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Asus A7A266, How do I clear my CMOS or disable PNP support.

I just got the Asus mobo and I was looking around in the BIOS and I was thinking hey, windows is a plug and play OS, so I enabled it, and now my keyboard wont work. I can't figure out how to reset the ...
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CMOS battery dead?

IIRC there was a problem with some revisions/cases of ECS K7S5As quickly eating up batteries. Or perhaps the quality of batteries (I don't remember ATM, do a google for "ECS K7S5A BIOS ...
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How to Install a CMOS Battery in a Gateway Laptop

The complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, stores the system date and time as well as other settings on your Gateway laptop. The CMOS is powered by a small battery. If this battery runs low ...