CMOS stands for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. It is a small battery that provides a continuous power supply to the CMOS chip. A CMOS chip stores BIOS settings. When a CMOS battery dies, you ...

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 ...

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 ...

I need a new CMOS battery for my wife's Thinkpad 600. I tried a search on google, and came up with a few sites I've never heard of. Anyone know anything about www.mdsbattery.com? Where else can I find ...

If your computer refuses to boot and displays a CMOS Checksum Error, chances are high that the issue is linked to the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). Along with this message, you are offered various ...

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 ...

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

I feel stupid asking this question, but I honestly don't know. I have a friend who has an old Micron GoBook 2. It is exibiting signs, that in a desktop would indicate a dead battery. Does this old ...

Nothing lasts forever, including the batteries that power our favorite electronic devices. The good news is that Windows laptops have a battery report feature that breaks down whether your battery is ...