A CMOS checksum error happens when your computer can't read important startup data. Restarting your computer or updating your BIOS often fixes CMOS checksum errors. A ...

If after changing the CMOS battery your computer won’t boot, this article will help you fix the problem. CMOS battery provides continuous power to the BIOS chip. BIOS chip stores all the BIOS settings ...

CMOS stands for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Even though it’s a small chip on your motherboard, it does a lot ...

Once you are sure that the positive pole of the battery is visible, gently remove the battery, taking care not to touch any other part of the motherboard. Go to your local tech parts retailer, and buy ...

When you disconnect your computer’s power supply from the wall, it jumps in to save your BIOS or UEFI settings in your motherboard’s CMOS-RAM (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor). But even the ...

If you have owned your computer for a few years, you may notice certain problems, such as it may no longer remember the current time and date, certain peripherals may ...

Since I last ran a reader Q&A a few weeks ago, I’ve received another compelling question. Reader Robert has an older Emachines desktop that recently developed a problem: “I installed a driver updater ...

It appears Sony has fixed the PS4’s CMOS issue, which affected the console’s internal clock battery. The CMOB issue was discovered back in April of this year, and it has taken a while for Sony to ...

Xbox is pledging to look into consoles continuing to run after the internal CMOS battery eventually dies. Now, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said the manufacturer is looking into ways to fix similar ...

When the CMOS battery in your PlayStation 5 eventually dies, you will still be able to play it, according to a new report. Based on a new video from Hikikomori Media, a PS5 with an expired or missing ...

What the heck happened. Rebooted friends comp doing fresh stuff and his mobo reported that and said its going to load default settings. His mobo is an Iwill XP-333-R. Win2k SP3 would be the OS ...