CMOS

I have accidently broken the RTC Battery Slot.Actually while removing the cmos battery, the complete slot came off the motherboard. Any help? Is it possible to solder it back on motherboard?

Hi, I've been trying to sort a neighbour's laptop on which someone put both BIOS and HDD passwords. I used CmosPwd on it tonight without realising that it is not suitable for laptops, and now the laptop is completely dead - pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. Is this possible? I...

Hi , From past many days My laptop watch starts showing wrong time when ever i keep it in hibernate mode thus want to know why is it happening so ? Is it my CMOS battery on Sony Vaio CR-363 series is dying and sign of replacing it or there is a way to remove this problem without opening...

hello, I did the stupid thing of setting a BIOS password on administrator level on my k55a laptop with a special character. "!" Bios doesn't recognize it and it doesn't let me in BIOS anymore. Basically, I'm an idiot. I've tried everything I can to reset the bios, without luck Clearing the...

guys.. i know clearing the bios of a computer is to remove its cmos battery and leave it for some amount of time while its not supplied by power of any source (battery, charger or power supply) and later power it on the cmos ram might be wiped. that's the traditional method but latest machines...

Hi, I was in the process of reinstalling windows 7 on my computer, and I had to bypass the BIOS password in order to change the boot order. I used the cmospwd program to kill the cmos on my laptop, and now it wont start unless I put the BIOS password, and Ive had this laptop for 9 years and I...

Hello, My computer is a Toshiba Satellite A660D. The specs are as follows: CPU: AMD Phenom II P940 / 1.7 GHz Quad-Core 8GB RAM ATI Mobility Radeon 5650 Graphics Processor 500GB SATA Hard Drive This problem arose one day after the battery died. I heard it beep from across the room, signaling...

I have a laptop that is having some boot issues. First, I usually have to reset the date/time in the bios when I boot. Second, when I shut down the laptop I cannot boot it back up. There are not any lights on (charging, power, etc.). I can boot it by removing the battery and power chord...

does anyone know where to locate the cmos battery on a Toshiba satellite C50D-b- 120 ?

I have recently purchased a Asus G751 dh71 ROG Laptop and need to reset the cmos. I removed a partition that I previously put on to install Linux Ubuntu but never installed it. When I removed the partition I rebooted the laptop and it showed the blue screen telling me the system was missing...

http://s1.postimg.org/o204fiy1r/20150414_142259.jpg My friend's laptop has gone bad and someone has suggested him to replace the motherboard part shown in above picture. Is this a CMOS battery or what? It contains a couple of 1.5 v batteries. Laptop is Toshiba Dynabook RX3 SM240E/3HD (Japanese...

hi everyone, i am facing serious problems with my hcl me l55 series laptop. 1. i didnt set any password to any windows installations. there is no system administrator, i am the sole user, still for some system modifications it is saying contact system administrator. no one even touches this...

The CMOS battery on my Toshiba A105 is attached to the mother board via a clip like device that appears soldered to the battery and the mother board.

i have an acer 5741 g lsptop ..when i try to turn it on with or without battery , it makes a single tick noise in hard disk section and turns off...i tried using faulty laptop's hdd in another laptop but it is working fine.. even in some instances after turning off, it automatically tries to...

Hey guys! I have a Dell Inspiron 7737. I was having problems previously with my laptop shutting itself down and the time changing often because of it. I was suggested to change the CMOS battery so I did. When I put my laptop back together and turned it on it gave me a message: This computer has...

Hello everyone ! I'm sorry if i have mistakes when i write, but my english is not very well. Yesterday i opened my laptop Acer Aspire 7738g to clean it, and after i cleaned all and changed thermal paste, it does'n start again. I opened it again to see if some cable was not connected to correct...

Toshiba L850 CMOS Battery. My desktop clock keeps reverting back to 01.01.2010 at every restart - even when plugged in (and fully charged). Anti Virus hasn't picked up any issues. I was told I had to change the CMOS battery? Where do I find it? Thanks, Mick