CMOS

Hello all! I usually search around here and find solutions to my own problems. This time I have a problem I cannot figure out. My personal custom PC I built had a hiccup today. I went to turn it on just like any other day and when I pressed the case power switch all of the lights lit up as...

Hi, i recently moved to another country and i had my PC shipped here. I powered on my PC and noticed that the fans and leds are working but i cannot get into BIOS. As far as peripherals, my led mouse turns on for about a second before it dies. Also the ethernet port does not seems to be getting...

Hi there, I've been having an issue in the last week with a new system that I built less than a year ago. The new build consisted of all new components which you can find the specs below. Any help or suggestions would be awesome as I'm at a complete loss as to what the cause is. TLDR...

Hello all, i just built my first pc - spec: intel i7-9700k Asus z390e 2x16gb G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2TB 850 evo MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 2080 Super Corsair R850x Corsair H100i pro Windows 10 pro 64-bit (All components new out of box) -but am running into a problem within the first couple hours...

Hello everyone, Occasionally my BIOS would not be accesible and i have fixed this several times with a CMOS reset. Now, even after CMOS reset, system gets stuck on a white dash tickling with the mouse of the BIOS present and usable. I have tried: Battery off for 8 hours CMOS reset with...

So I got a Gigabyte B450 Gaming v.1 paired with a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU, I know they're not compatible and you need to update the BIOS. When I got it I built my PC I went into the BIOS and I forgot to check if my memory, hdd etc is running correctly as I was too eager to update my BIOS. I first...

Hi all, the problem I'm experiencing with my PC is the following: Whenever I switch on my PC all fans begin to switch on and off periodically with a 2 sec interval. Here are my specs. Asus Z97A MoBo Intel i5 4690K 3.5 GHz 2x4 GB RAM Crucial Ballistix 1600 MHz EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 I have...

I have a Envy 20 computer that will not boot up into window nor can I get into bios. It started with a flickering problem when I was in windows; working properly at this time. After doing some research, I found out that the bios need to be updated then the graphic cards. I updated the bios; only...

Hi all, I need to clear the CMOS on an old Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop. It has no jumper pins, and the CMOS battery is soldered to the board, it does not post. Can I clear the CMOS by shorting the battery, or do you recommend another way? Thanks.

Maximus x Hero (wifi) i7 8700k 3.7ghz (liquid cooling) 16gb vengeance LPX 3000hz c15 960 m.2 ssd gtx 1070 750W Gold+ So i've been overclocking my system @ 5ghz w/ AVX target @ 4.8ghz (stable under stress tests temp at 90-95c under load) and it crashes when i play my games. so i load default...

I've looked into videos of similar models to my laptop but I seem to find where the cmos battery is either those models or my own. I'm not very keen on disassembling my laptop blind sight of where it is. My laptop model is the HP Pavilion 15 cw1031 If anyone can help Thanks

At least this seems to be the case for mine, according to it's pdf. If this is the case should i use both or is one enough?

Despite no hardware changes to my Windows 10 PC, during boot up it has started to show this 'error' message. It doesn't say why, but only boots after I press F1 and either discard changes & exit, or save changes & exit. Motherboard is Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 with the latest 2015 American Megatrends...

I have AMD FX 6300 . I past few days i was getting some error when booting and i would just select default and my pc was performing very slow. Task manager is showing only 1 core. My CMOS battery is not depleted and need to be replaced. So, none of my bois BIOS settings remain saved. Could that...

HI there, I have a problem when starting up my PC. I've striped it down to the barebones (one stick of RAM, CPU, CPU fan, 20+4 power connector, 8 pin CPU power and the case power switch) and whenever I turn on the power supply and press the on button the EZ Debug CPU light flashes red...

So I recently wiped my drives then I realized my ram wasnt overclocking so I updated the bios to my Asus ryzen crosshair hero vi I'm getting a black screen now after. it did the full update I tried resetting cmos taking the cmos battery out and even unplugging the drives I dont have a on board...

So i messed with my bios settings and then my pc wouldnt start up. I managed to get it working again just by removing the cmos battery then placing it back. Worked for a couple hours then i installed Geforce experience then it turned off. After this i tried the cmos battery again but it didnt...

Okay so i stupidly disabled my intel graphics card trying to get games to use my gtx1060 instead, now its on a black screen no signal on the moniter, Ive already tried taking out the cmos battery for 2 mins,(switched power off and everything) amd yet when i switch it back on theres still no...