CMOS stands for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor and despite its size, it does much more than you think. Let’s clarify a few things first. A CMOS chip is vastly different than the CMOS battery ...

The motherboard of PCs and laptops contains a battery that runs the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) and keeps the computer's clock accurate. Although it may not seem vital to the ...

Once upon a time, computers were gigantic installations that filled up several rooms, and scientists thought computers would only get larger from there. Instead, computers shrank. Yes, gigantic ...

If your laptop’s battery doesn't last nearly as long as it first did out of the box, then it might be time to replace it. The lithium-ion batteries used to power most laptops degrade over time with an ...

I've an 8 yr old Sony Vaio laptop, model PCG-F590 (a.k.a PCG-9201), which for practical purposes, stopped working 3 weeks ago. The computer boots into XP, but during the login screen, or shortly after ...

I'm working on an old Dell CPx J PIII for a friends kid's and need to replace the CMOS battery. Any ideas on how and where it needs to be replaced? Thanks.