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 ...

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 ...

My computer’s clock resets every time I turn it on. A: Your computer hasn't run out of time, but a small backup battery on its motherboard has run out of a charge. That battery — often called the ...

The complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, stores the system date and time as well as other settings on your Gateway laptop. The CMOS is powered by a small battery. If this battery runs low ...

Clearing the CMOS memory on your motherboard is often the quickest way to access a desktop when you don't know the BIOS password. The password, along with your other BIOS settings, goes back to the ...

I believe that the PC I just built has a board that may have been in the box for maybe 3 years before I put power to it. I'm not concerned; the battery is the kind with the plastic coating and the ...

System was fine 2 days ago. Shut it down for the night. BIOS was also at the latest non-beta version. All drivers were the latest. Windows had installed a hefty update earlier this week. Yesterday ...

There appears to be no single solution for ‘Alert, System battery voltage is low’ error message which you may see during boot. It flashes on your computer screen ...

Can You Get A PS4 CMOS Battery Replacement? Before you think about opening up your PS4 and replacing the battery yourself, it’s worth pointing out that Sony may address the problem via a firmware ...