Help with cmos

Gun9 · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:06

what is the #"clear the cmos" comment i see here quite often?

yes im a noob

Amps · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:21

The CMOS is the bios settings.
Clearing the CMOS resets the BIOS.

This is done in 1 of 2 ways.

1. Remove the Jumper clip on the motherboard for clearing the cmos when the computer is powered down.

2. Remove the Battery when on the motherboard when the computer is powered down.

Siders77 · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:22

IIRC it restored the BIOS settings back to the default factory settings.

E.G if you overclock and it doesn't boot up you clear the CMOS (Take the battery out and put it back it, or use the CMOS jumber on the MOBO)

Albaba · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:23

Yeah its handy if you make a change to the bios which means the system wont boot (overclocking etc). Means you can start the machine and fix the mess!

Albaba