Some key computer functions are governed by the CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor), a chip on your motherboard powered by a small battery. The CMOS governs things like the system time ...

Let’s clarify a few things first. A CMOS chip is vastly different than the CMOS battery on your motherboard. CMOS is a MOSFET ...

Speaking of those, some boards will not boot without a CMOS battery attached ... pulling it through one of the multiple holes that all motherboards have. Let’s talk more about the mechanical ...

A battery that maintains the time, date, hard disk and other configuration settings in the CMOS memory. CMOS batteries are small and are attached directly to the motherboard. See BIOS setup and ...

all CMOS settings revert to factory defaults. Even with the battery in place, users will lose settings such as the current time. GIGABYTE's AM1 motherboards solve this issue by including a ...