AVADirect Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS) Information
There’s a CMOS reminiscence onboard that’s powered externally from a battery positioned on the motherboard to save lots of system configuration information. If you wish to clear the system configuration, set the jumper to clear the CMOS reminiscence.
There are a pair strategies on resetting the CMOS. Most motherboards have the normal “Jumper”. As expertise improves, the CMOS reset course of has advanced into built-in buttons and eradicating the jumper in whole. Strategies on clearing the CMOS shall be described within the circumstances beneath.
– Resetting BIOS to default values (Clear CMOS) “Jumper”
1. Energy off the pc and unplug the facility twine.
2. Use a jumper cap (a small screw driver will do) to brief the CMOS pins
3. Maintain the jumper cap (screwdriver) in place for about 5-10 seconds
4. Take away the jumper cap (screwdriver) from the jumper pins
5. Plug the facility twine in and check out powering on the pc as you usually would
a. Most jumper pins will be positioned close to the CMOS battery. Or within the neighborhood of the highlighted space on the motherboard above.
b. Illustration of a 2-pin CMOS header.
c. Illustration of a 3-pin CMOS header and what it ought to seem like when the corresponding pins are jumped
Word: Most motherboards have already got a jumper on pins 1 & 2 and require that jumper to maneuver to pins 2 & 3 to be able to be efficiently jumped.
d. Image of motherboard jumpers.
– Resetting the BIOS to default values (Clear CMOS) “Battery”
1. Energy off the pc and unplug the facility twine.
2. Find the CMOS Battery
3. Use a small flat headed screw driver to push the pin holding the battery in place, then carry the battery out of the socket.
4. Depart the battery out of the socket for 5-10 seconds.
5. Place the battery again into the socket
6. Plug in and energy in your pc as you’d usually
– Resetting the BIOS to default values (Clear CMOS) “BIOS button”
1. Energy off the pc and unplug the facility twine.
2. Find the “CMOS” button on the again of the board close to the I/O ports
3. Press and maintain the “CMOS” button for 5-10 seconds
4. Plug within the energy and energy on the pc as you’d usually
A picture of a typical CMOS button
