How often should I change the battery? Ideally, this battery is due for a replacement once every five years and must be replaced with great care to avoid causing other problems in the PC. Saving BIOS ...

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'm working on an old Dell CPx J PIII for a friends kid's and need to replace the CMOS battery. Any ideas on how and where it needs to be replaced? Thanks.

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 ...

One of the main culprits behind BIOS issues is the CMOS battery. The battery powers the CMOS memory, which stores BIOS settings. If the battery is drained, the CMOS will not remember the settings, and ...

Ok some of you may remember a post I made awhile ago about an error I've have been getting on my new PC. First here are the components of my new computer:<BR><BR>Epox ...

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 ...

QI’m getting CMOS errors on my old PC, and I think the battery on the motherboard needs to be replaced. Can I do this myself? AThe computer holds certain configuration and clock settings in the CMOS ...