Not all computer troubleshooting can be handled within your operating system or by troubleshooting specific components. Some ...

PCs have a battery on the motherboard that provides the Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor with a minimal amount of power, even when unplugged. This CMOS battery lets the system clock keep ...

The motherboard of PCs and laptops contains a battery that runs the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) and keeps the computer's clock accurate. Although it may not seem vital to the ...

I've got a 7 year old Lenovo Thinkpad x230 and my gf has the same year Dell Inspiron. Thinking of replacing the CMOS batteries. They both work just fine after replacing spinning rust with SSDs. The ...

Discover how a simple CMOS reset can resolve common PC hardware problems like black screen, bad overclocks, undervolting, ...

If your Windows laptop doesn’t start when using the battery but starts when plugged in, read this post to learn how to fix the issue. A few Windows users have reported that their laptop doesn’t boot ...

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 ...

First when I was getting BIOS reset I thought the battery was bad - so I changed the battery and there seems to be some problem since every time I unplug the computer it loses all the ...

The CMOS battery is a small pin found on the motherboard. You can either refer to the manual provided with your motherboard to change it or have a computer technician change it for you. If you'd like ...

When you start your system, first, it performs the checksum test of the BIOS. If the checksum test is incorrect, it is assumed that the BIOS is corrupt and the hidden ...

In this week’s installment of Tech 911, a reader writes in to find some clarity, not solve an issue with a broken device or failing hardware. Said reader was probably poking around his motherboard a ...

The PS5 Pro is here and now that it’s been out for more than a week, there’s an official teardown of the console from iFixit. These teardowns are almost entirely focused on how repairable the hardware ...