I want to seriously thank you for this video. It completely saved me from an epic mental breakdown, and i was able to bypass a faulty windows install!! Thank you!!
Your video is definitely a lifesaver. I am not an advanced tech savvy person. I went into my bios. Tried to change the graphics settings because it's the AMD Ryzen 5600G and not all of the ram is showing in my system and after I did that my monitor would not register any graphics and would shut off and I couldn't get my monitor to wake up turn the system off, turn the system back on still the same thing. But now that I know that MSI and any line of MSI motherboards, my motherboard is the MSI b450 tomahawk Max can be reset. It's a lifesaver. It restored everything on my system back to the way that it came. I nearly bought a new motherboard just because of this and I have since canceled that order cuz now I don't need to change it now. I've learned something new, but these types of videos are very important for people like me who only know the basics and are not knowledgeable about advanced technology.
As I was saying in my comment about not all the ram is registering in my system I had a 3400 g which also didn't show all of the ram was being used but now with my 5600 g it's still not showing all as used. Is it possible for you to make a video explaining and showing how to optimize the BIOS so that the computer system shows all the ram is being used. My system shows 24 GB installed but says 19.9 GB usable.
Thank you so much!! I came from another video on troubleshooting a pc that isnt displaying anything on my monitor and this is what fixed it!! My power flickered and i'd been troubleshooting for days as to why my pc was doing this and this is what fixed it! Thank you for such clear videos that really go step by step!!
Thanks for the excellent tutorial. I always have 2032 batteries here to swap on my Sega Saturn, but it never dawned on me to replace the one in my PC lol.
Dude your incredible thank you so much I was absolutely lost and upset when my displays just quit working outta no where this saved me so much time and money I'm soo appreciative for this video absolutely incredible 👏 ❤️
Totaly fixed my problem! Thank you so much!!!!! Somehow I enabled legacy USB and my mouse wouldn't work in BIOS, this reset did the trick, thanks again!!!!!!
Thank you so much! My blood pressure spiked because I thought I broke my PC after doing a deep clean. The power light was flashing yellow and it would not start up. After replacing the CMOS it started up!
Youda Buddha Thanks for the feedback! Please consider sharing the video and information on your social media, it really helps to get the message out there.
Recently built a new PC and it would not boot at all. Made sure all connections were correct and tight....still no boot. Removed CMOS battery and waited two minutes, shorted the clear CMOS pins, reinserted CMOS battery and it booted! So even if your installed a brand new motherboard, first thing you should do is follow the procedure to reset the BIOS by clearing CMOS. (And if it still won't boot, replace the CMOS battery with a new one)
What can I say Mike...great easy to understand tutorials and how to content. I've picked up quite a few tricks from your videos. Once again...great video Mike and Lady Kath. See you guys on the live stream on Saturday. Take care and be safe out there. Cheers
Very very very useful video! I already panicked cos my arctic cooler isn't working as intended anymore, as well as my pc won't restart. It's fine when I do the shutdown manually. It happened after a power interruption. I did windows reset. Lost all my settings, but no luck. Then checked for some videos about resetting the bios and bumped up to this very helpful trick. Thanks!
For the boys with ASUS TUF GAMING motherboards, you don't need to open your PC to reset your BIOS. Just use their Flashback feature and read manual online for super easy BIOS reset with USB and BIOS button in the back. Maybe other manufacturers have the same useful feature, so you don't need to disassembly your whole PC to reset your BIOS and it's settings.
No Signal on HDMI monitor resolved using this method. Seriously makes you think you have a bad video card. Just removing and placing back battery didn't do. Replaced the battery and shorting those JBAT prongs (mine had a different name) resolved the issue. Image is back on my monitor.
Note that the information in this video is slightly outdated. On a modern system with UEFI, the BIOS settings are actually stored in true nonvolatile memory (most often SPI NOR flash). The battery is only for keeping the motherboard's clock running while the system is unpowered. Clearing the NVRAM is something the BIOS has to do actively - because this advice is still so prevalent, many motherboard makers emulate "CMOS clear" behavior when an invalid RTC date is detected, but this shouldn't be relied upon - instead, use the dedicated NVRAM reset jumper or button on the board, as described in the board's documentation (some systems may also require powering on the system with the jumper in place before the NVRAM will clear - again, see your board's manual to see if this is necessary). Pulling the battery may fail to reset settings even if you're careful to drain residual electricity, because the NVRAM itself isn't battery-backed.
Yeah dude this literally resolved my issue.. I had my pc really acting up (file icons missing/ full screen video playback off centered / ect) & I went to tryn system restore & it just stayed stuck & forced me to hard reset… after that I had a pc that wouldn’t boot up or even show the f2 options on startup it was just the intel screen and that’s it… I thought i was seriously going to need to buy a new pc … until I tried this method & I actually got my computer back up & didn’t even have to install windows again either!! 😊
Thanks Mike, I changed a setting on my bios like an idiot and it wouldn't boot or let me access the bios, this is the only clear tutorial I could find, thanks!
Very easy ro follow. Sadly didnt fix my problem though and atill the motherboard vga light comes on and the pc beeps at me and i gwt black screen. Can not get any further than this. Have checked everything.
New here, watched this video because ASUS just asked if I had tried resetting the CMOS. New B660-PLUS D4 board, new 2 x 8GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 3200MHz memory, new intel i5-12400F 12th GEN CPU. Existing MSI GTX 1050Ti graphics card, existing COOLMAX CUG-950B (model T-950B) - which I tested all pins with a volt meter and they are within tolerance. I put everything together and absolutely nothing. Any advice appreciated! EDIT: Ooops, sorry, I now see that you charge for support which is fully understandable. At least I now know about the battery removal trick. Thank you.
holy sht it actually worked man i was measurable for like 3 days so here’s what happened i basically removed my Ram and connected to my pc and i wasn’t working at all rgb worked fans were spinning i was confused why i can’t hear the beep sound than after a few days i finally found something useful thanks to friend i got it to boot just now 👊👊👊👊👊👊
Mike, if you have already upgraded the BIOS, won't you have to go back and do that again since the motherboard presumably returns to what it was like coming out of the factory or is it only the custom settings you've made to the BIOS which are returned to factory defaults?
hi there looked at this as my battery has died, you mentioned changing bios after battery change, as a complete novice with no knowledge whatsover how do i change bios and what am i changing and looking for, i have an old dell desktop pc. many thanks
@@yvonnejohnston9429 This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
My PCs ports including the display ports don’t work but my pc turns on, when I do turn on my pc I also can’t turn it off unless I turn off the powersupply, could my cmos potentially be the problem? Would love to hear from you, I have a very rudimentary understanding of all this.
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
@@mikesunboxing I really appreciate it! The issue did seem to be my cmos tho once I replaced it my ports and such began to work. Thanks for responding my man you are a true uplifter of society.
Heya, sorry to revive an age old comment but do you mind telling me what you did exactly? I'm running into the same issue atm and my new pc has been inoperable for the 6 days I've had it
@@tacitus1401 thanks for the suggestion, however I've been focusing on the cmos for a while now and it still isn't working, it's a new motherboard too so I don't know why it's so messed up 😑, might have to look at other solutions, ty for replying
My dc 7800 CMT automatically starts as soon as I turn on the power supply, despite not pressing the power button. Also the CMOS data gets lost/corrupted every time the PSU is switched off/on (looks like the CR 2032 batt no longer sustains CMOS, even it's brand new giving full 3V). At start it displays "CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR". Moreover, when I put it into sleep mode from the OS and later try to wake it up it won't and the CPU fan starts spinning with full speed. What could be causing all this?
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for the quick reply, but I was more so asking because I was curious if any damage could occur on the MB while clearing the CMOS without turning off the power supply or unplugging it but having the PC off via the power button that just simply shuts down the PC
hi mike . can i change the battery with the computer running ? that way the bios won't need to be set? or is there any other way around resetting the bios with computer off? cheers
G'morning Mike. I would need to reset before trying this...if I try this. (dadgum curiosity) So I have 32g 2666 (19-19-19-43) 2x16 (GSkill Aegis) laying around from a previous system. Also have 32g 3600 (16-18-18-38) 4x8 (Corsair Ballistix) in my current system. If I could get them to play together nice,...I have 4 slots...would 48g at slower speed be better than 32g at faster speeds? CPUZ shows a timing table for the 3600 to match the 2666 (19-19-19-43) Reset and just plug them in, let the board sort it out or will I need to fiddle with stuff in the bios?
@@mikesunboxing Interesting. I'm on it now, I just set 2666 in the bios and didn't mess with the timings. CPUz now shows 48G at 1333 16-18-18-38-62. Seems to be running fine. ASRock B550M/ac...XMP set to auto. (Most things set to auto) I thought it would use the cl19 of the Gskill. As far as "better" than 32g at 3600 I don't know yet. Right now I have my browser open, Photoshop with a 4K image, Daz Studio, processing a 4K 3D image, and HWinfo running...says I have 38G free. Edit, I gained 452 points in CinebenchR23.
Hi Mike! Just finished my new pc build, and when i turn it on, it shows the post page (which is AMI for me) it says to press the DEL key to enter the setup, but my keyboard doesnt seem to work. I checked it with 2 keyboards but nothing, do you think this will work if i reset the cmos battery? Like pull it out and back after 10-15 minutes? Thank you for ur answer ❤
I was getting a cpu fan error and a code that said b1initualizedlibraryfailed 0x0000001 I replaced the battery and did exactly what you did in this video and it got rid of the fan error but the other code keeps showing. I keep trying to change the date and time in bios but it keeps resetting
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
Hi Mike, New to your channel. My Win 10 took ages to restart, so I powered it down using the power button (pressed for 5 secs). Now my computer gets stuck on boot up Windows logo and the spinning circle. First PC repair guy I had visit, claims it's a bios issue. Do you have any thoughts? Scared of messing up my machine. Many thanks for your time.
sounds like either a bad boot sector on the drive or the drive is failing maybe. could be the motherboard but the really slow shutdown normally means windows can't right the shutdown data to the drive. so probably a dead or dying disk drive i would say
Trying to do this to see if I can fix the fallout 4 pipboy bluetooth edition but when doing that it has what looks to be a hard power 18650 battery. Disconnecting that kills power entirely. And there is no short prong next to the coin battery
What happened if the battery part comes out instead of the battery itself? Can you replace that or just pop it back into place so you can put the battery back in the black battery holder
I have my pc running all the time, and this is the second time iv had no display and no keyboard and mouse but it powers on.. I was just thinking maybe that little round battery has run out? How long do they last you? Any help ifls much appreciated
@@mikesunboxing hmmm interesting, the reason I ask is because this has happened before and I followed your tutorial and reset it and it all went fine after that, but it happened again out of nowhere last night so I got to work for resetting it but this time it turned on and the normal stuff came up prompting me to press f1 to run the thing (my pc lingo is very limited lol) and when I pressed f1 there is still display but it's black and won't do anything else, iv had my pc on pretty much the whole time iv had it over a year, maybe 2 by now lol which is why I was wondering if it was that lol
@@CrispyChips007 If you need any help feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
DId you say guitar plug? or pluck? Never heard that one before.... its called a guitar pick! In Canada anyway! LOL.... Anyway, awesome video.. I saved it as there is some info in here I haven't heard before about when changing ram. Thanks!
Hi so I’ve done all these steps to reset my bios and I’m still not getting a boot up or anything to my monitors. Power comes on but nothing other than that happens. I experienced the issue while trying to setup secure boot (so I can play valorant) and since I enabled that in my bios I haven’t been able to doing anything. Is there something you might suggest? Anything helps at this point. Thanks.
@@beneniy988 Feel free to join our Discord chat if you need any help discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
"CMOS" isn't actually a thing on modern motherboards (UEFI instead stores settings in flash storage, next to the UEFI code itself), and it's up to motherboard vendors to emulate a CMOS reset when a battery removal is detected - not all boards do this. Look for an "NVRAM clear" or "BIOS reset" jumper or button on the board instead, which is actually meant to actively reset your BIOS settings.
Hello i was using my pc and it suddenly turned off and couldn't turn it on again since yesterday but before it turned off the fans were so loud for like 5 seconds then they become quiter and after 15 20 minutes my pc turned off
Also i had my pc close to the heater because dont have any other place to put it and i just bought the pc like 1 week ago any help what is the problem power supply or something?
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
What im trying to do is actually the complete opposite of this, im trying to replace my CMOS battery and preserve the bios settings. I've searched up about this and most results say that i should change it while my pc is turned on. I however also found that you can retain bios settings as long as you dont take more than 1-5 minutes while the old cmos battery is removed. I prefer the latter method but what do you think? Also are there any other precautions to take before doing so? (like pressing the power button or touching the case to remove static electricity)
i need your help mike, i updated the bios from a b550 tomahawk for my new sons computer, but after i updated, the computer turns on, and the rgb lights and gpu and so on, but the mouse and keyboard and image doesnt work!!
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
I have z490H motherboard with intel i3 10100 my motherboard is second hand and it doesnt boot up it only show the RGB lights but it doesnt turn on can you please help.
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
Hi I'm not sure if you will respond but I'm getting a error that says "there is an error in the smart detection" and "1720-smart hard drive detects imminent failure" I don't know what is a smart detection or how to remove it. When I removed the CR2032 battery coin then waited for a minute, I inserted back in, then turn on my computer until it says "161-Real-Time Clock Power Loss". I'm not a computer expert so I need help please. I can't afford to buy a new PC.
UPDATED VERSION HERE ua-cam.com/video/aZK6liCFhfo/v-deo.html
CR2032 battery available from affiliate links:
Amazon Local: amzn.to/3s4UnF5
Ebay UK: ebay.us/v7TL4r
Ebay US: ebay.us/X6kLqy
Ebay CA: ebay.us/WW5L6y
Ebay AUS: ebay.us/2Tg5EF
Quotation ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤""3Q
Give the link for indian (for desktop pc)
I want to seriously thank you for this video. It completely saved me from an epic mental breakdown, and i was able to bypass a faulty windows install!! Thank you!!
glad it helped and thanks for watching and commenting
Your video is definitely a lifesaver. I am not an advanced tech savvy person. I went into my bios. Tried to change the graphics settings because it's the AMD Ryzen 5600G and not all of the ram is showing in my system and after I did that my monitor would not register any graphics and would shut off and I couldn't get my monitor to wake up turn the system off, turn the system back on still the same thing. But now that I know that MSI and any line of MSI motherboards, my motherboard is the MSI b450 tomahawk Max can be reset. It's a lifesaver. It restored everything on my system back to the way that it came. I nearly bought a new motherboard just because of this and I have since canceled that order cuz now I don't need to change it now. I've learned something new, but these types of videos are very important for people like me who only know the basics and are not knowledgeable about advanced technology.
so glad it helped you
As I was saying in my comment about not all the ram is registering in my system I had a 3400 g which also didn't show all of the ram was being used but now with my 5600 g it's still not showing all as used. Is it possible for you to make a video explaining and showing how to optimize the BIOS so that the computer system shows all the ram is being used. My system shows 24 GB installed but says 19.9 GB usable.
@@laurosilvestrejr.106 you probably have 4GB assigned to the APU so that is likely where the missing RAM is
Literally I popped the battery out put it back in and boom its working now. I can now return to my gaming sesh. Thank you kind sir
glad to help
What was happened ?
No display?
thank you, I thought my computer was dead but resetting the bios fixed it.
glad it helped
Thank you so much!! I came from another video on troubleshooting a pc that isnt displaying anything on my monitor and this is what fixed it!! My power flickered and i'd been troubleshooting for days as to why my pc was doing this and this is what fixed it! Thank you for such clear videos that really go step by step!!
Glad it worked out for you
Do u have to turn power off ..and then jump it ???
I followed this excellent video to change a failing CMOS battery. My computer is now working properly, cheers!
Glad it helped :-)
after doing this My pc now works! Thank you so much all the other channels where confusing and didn't help.
Glad I could help!
My Motherboard got bricked during a bios update and this fixed it. Thank you so much you just earned a sub! 🙏
Glad I could help
When you did this... did it reset it back to previous bios before update or did it do a complete bios reset
Clear and informative demonstration - well done.
Thanks, Mick :-)
Thanks for the excellent tutorial. I always have 2032 batteries here to swap on my Sega Saturn, but it never dawned on me to replace the one in my PC lol.
Great tuition video Mike👍people always assume we know how to do tasks and your videos always thorough and confidence inspiring👍
Thanks 👍
S
@@Quaked4639 ?
Dude your incredible thank you so much I was absolutely lost and upset when my displays just quit working outta no where this saved me so much time and money I'm soo appreciative for this video absolutely incredible 👏 ❤️
Glad I could help
Totaly fixed my problem! Thank you so much!!!!! Somehow I enabled legacy USB and my mouse wouldn't work in BIOS, this reset did the trick, thanks again!!!!!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much! My blood pressure spiked because I thought I broke my PC after doing a deep clean. The power light was flashing yellow and it would not start up. After replacing the CMOS it started up!
lol glad it helped
You are literally the best man alive I know nothing about my pc unfortunately and your easy guide helped me reset my cmos you are a lifesaver.
thanks for the kind words, glad the video helped you to resolve the problem
Sincere thanks! There are surprisingly few clear, well presented videos on this matter. This video of yours is simply the best I've found. Thank you !
Youda Buddha Thanks for the feedback! Please consider sharing the video and information on your social media, it really helps to get the message out there.
Recently built a new PC and it would not boot at all. Made sure all connections were correct and tight....still no boot. Removed CMOS battery and waited two minutes, shorted the clear CMOS pins, reinserted CMOS battery and it booted! So even if your installed a brand new motherboard, first thing you should do is follow the procedure to reset the BIOS by clearing CMOS. (And if it still won't boot, replace the CMOS battery with a new one)
YOU SAVED MY LIFE I JUST CLEANED THE BATTERY AND IT WORKED THANK YOU GOD BLESS YOU ❤❤❤❤❤
Glad it helped
Actual legend, lesson learnt don't mess around with bios
What can I say Mike...great easy to understand tutorials and how to content. I've picked up quite a few tricks from your videos. Once again...great video Mike and Lady Kath. See you guys on the live stream on Saturday. Take care and be safe out there. Cheers
We appreciate that! See you on Saturday :-)
Yo dude would this be helpful cus every time I go into bios my screen goes black
Very very very useful video! I already panicked cos my arctic cooler isn't working as intended anymore, as well as my pc won't restart. It's fine when I do the shutdown manually. It happened after a power interruption. I did windows reset. Lost all my settings, but no luck. Then checked for some videos about resetting the bios and bumped up to this very helpful trick. Thanks!
Glad it helped!
thanks man, great info! one question
do you reset the bios with the battery out or in or does it matter?
yes remove all power sources and discharge the caps in the power supply
Thought I bricked my motherboard but this actually worked so thank you! I just touched the pin things & took out the CMOS battery.
glad the video helped
Another great PSA video, thanks Mike and Kath
Glad you enjoyed it, bloody jayz2pence did a similar one the day after! git
even after 2 years this helped me thx you alot !!!
this is a timeless video
You saved me bro thought I had to call a technician hope everyone else is able to get in there pc without calling a technician.
glad it helped!
Brother thank you very much i was nervous for likę 10 hours and your film help me ❤
Glad it helped
I spent over a day trying to find out how to reset my bios because i set it to a high one and i dont think it could handle it but u saved me 😂
glad to help
Thanks for another great how-to video, Mike!
Thanks for watching, Sky!
Nice video this helped me a lot.!!
Glad it helped!
For the boys with ASUS TUF GAMING motherboards, you don't need to open your PC to reset your BIOS. Just use their Flashback feature and read manual online for super easy BIOS reset with USB and BIOS button in the back. Maybe other manufacturers have the same useful feature, so you don't need to disassembly your whole PC to reset your BIOS and it's settings.
there are a lot of tuf boards that don't have bios flashback btw
You smart man you, this helped me a lot. I've been troubleshooting for 5hrs :(. Thank you
You are welcome!
Very good demonstration , thank you
Glad it was helpful!
OMG THank you. Actually thinking about buying a new pc before thus vid
Thank you. Your method worked. I thought my GPU was broken
Glad it helped
No Signal on HDMI monitor resolved using this method. Seriously makes you think you have a bad video card. Just removing and placing back battery didn't do. Replaced the battery and shorting those JBAT prongs (mine had a different name) resolved the issue. Image is back on my monitor.
glad to hear it worked out well for you
YOU SAVED MY PC!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKE!
Glad I could help!
How easy it is today to change the battery.
Thank you very much for the info :_:
You're welcome, thanks for watching, William :-)
Note that the information in this video is slightly outdated. On a modern system with UEFI, the BIOS settings are actually stored in true nonvolatile memory (most often SPI NOR flash). The battery is only for keeping the motherboard's clock running while the system is unpowered. Clearing the NVRAM is something the BIOS has to do actively - because this advice is still so prevalent, many motherboard makers emulate "CMOS clear" behavior when an invalid RTC date is detected, but this shouldn't be relied upon - instead, use the dedicated NVRAM reset jumper or button on the board, as described in the board's documentation (some systems may also require powering on the system with the jumper in place before the NVRAM will clear - again, see your board's manual to see if this is necessary). Pulling the battery may fail to reset settings even if you're careful to drain residual electricity, because the NVRAM itself isn't battery-backed.
Yeah dude this literally resolved my issue.. I had my pc really acting up (file icons missing/ full screen video playback off centered / ect) & I went to tryn system restore & it just stayed stuck & forced me to hard reset… after that I had a pc that wouldn’t boot up or even show the f2 options on startup it was just the intel screen and that’s it… I thought i was seriously going to need to buy a new pc … until I tried this method & I actually got my computer back up & didn’t even have to install windows again either!! 😊
glad it helped
Thanks Mike, I changed a setting on my bios like an idiot and it wouldn't boot or let me access the bios, this is the only clear tutorial I could find, thanks!
Glad it helped :-)
Bruh what did you do cuz mine got no display
@@philippeb4126 same did u fix it in the end
@@philippeb4126 did you fix it?
You saved my ass! Thank you so much! You earned a sub
Thanks for the sub
God bless you man, saved me from a lot of trouble.
Glad I could help
Very easy ro follow. Sadly didnt fix my problem though and atill the motherboard vga light comes on and the pc beeps at me and i gwt black screen. Can not get any further than this. Have checked everything.
hope you manage to fix it
@@mikesunboxing I did, and it turned out to be something really stupid
@@RiverFox_YT you have to share the details 🙂
@@RiverFox_YTbro what was the problem
New here, watched this video because ASUS just asked if I had tried resetting the CMOS. New B660-PLUS D4 board, new 2 x 8GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 3200MHz memory, new intel i5-12400F 12th GEN CPU. Existing MSI GTX 1050Ti graphics card, existing COOLMAX CUG-950B (model T-950B) - which I tested all pins with a volt meter and they are within tolerance. I put everything together and absolutely nothing. Any advice appreciated! EDIT: Ooops, sorry, I now see that you charge for support which is fully understandable. At least I now know about the battery removal trick. Thank you.
Thanks for the clear video... awesome :)
Thank you so much, this was a life saver!
You're welcome!
Thank you for this tutorial.
no problem, glad to help
Thank you, very useful
Glad it was helpful!
Worked!
thanks so much
holy sht it actually worked man i was measurable for like 3 days so here’s what happened i basically removed my Ram and connected to my pc and i wasn’t working at all rgb worked fans were spinning i was confused why i can’t hear the beep sound than after a few days i finally found something useful thanks to friend i got it to boot just now 👊👊👊👊👊👊
happy to help
Mike, if you have already upgraded the BIOS, won't you have to go back and do that again since the motherboard presumably returns to what it was like coming out of the factory or is it only the custom settings you've made to the BIOS which are returned to factory defaults?
sometimes it glitches and doesn't revert, no idea why but that seems to happen more often than you would think
Thanks Bruv!
no problem
Available from affiliate links:
10% off with code: MIKE10
www.whatgeek.com/products/skyloong-gk75-iso-layout-wired-mechanical-keyboard?_pos=1&_psq=%09945679&_ss=e&_v=1.0&variant=43677654974717&UA-cam&Mike%27sunboxingreviews&
Or
Amazon Local: amzn.to/3oAsvJV
Ebay UK: ebay.us/jJMPSb
Ebay US: ebay.us/zpJzJO
Ebay CA: ebay.us/syrL1L
Ebay AUS: ebay.us/vTeQD4
Oh man thank you so much it actually worked im so excited thank you
You're welcome!
Is that could be good Solutions for green light Problem?
possible
Good instructions!
Glad it was helpful!
hi there looked at this as my battery has died, you mentioned changing bios after battery change, as a complete novice with no knowledge whatsover how do i change bios and what am i changing and looking for, i have an old dell desktop pc. many thanks
Mostly things like boot order and enable xmp for memory
@@mikesunboxing thankyou but I haven’t a clue what you’re talking about 😂
@@yvonnejohnston9429 This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
Clear info - thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
My PCs ports including the display ports don’t work but my pc turns on, when I do turn on my pc I also can’t turn it off unless I turn off the powersupply, could my cmos potentially be the problem? Would love to hear from you, I have a very rudimentary understanding of all this.
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
@@mikesunboxing I really appreciate it! The issue did seem to be my cmos tho once I replaced it my ports and such began to work. Thanks for responding my man you are a true uplifter of society.
@@tacitus1401 No problem ;-)
Heya, sorry to revive an age old comment but do you mind telling me what you did exactly? I'm running into the same issue atm and my new pc has been inoperable for the 6 days I've had it
@@tacitus1401 thanks for the suggestion, however I've been focusing on the cmos for a while now and it still isn't working, it's a new motherboard too so I don't know why it's so messed up 😑, might have to look at other solutions, ty for replying
Can it fix bios if got corrupt while updating?
no it shouldn't but worth a try
My dc 7800 CMT automatically starts as soon as I turn on the power supply, despite not pressing the power button. Also the CMOS data gets lost/corrupted every time the PSU is switched off/on (looks like the CR 2032 batt no longer sustains CMOS, even it's brand new giving full 3V). At start it displays "CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR". Moreover, when I put it into sleep mode from the OS and later try to wake it up it won't and the CPU fan starts spinning with full speed. What could be causing all this?
short circuit somewhere, maybe a motherboard mounting
pillar
Thank you so much master
Well Mike! I'm about to go try, hopefully it works 🤞
Did it work?
Thank you Mike.
thanks James, have a great day my friend
You as well my friend ! 👍
Thank you so much bro🙏🙏🙏
No problem
Broooo bruuhhhh brunzzzz😂
Is it necessary to remove your other motherboard components (like your ram, CPU, etc) before doing this?
no just the power cord from the PSU
@@mikesunboxing Thanks Mike, you're a legend!
There is a correct position for the '+' side of the cmos battery?
almost every board i have seen has the + side facing out
I forgot to short circuit the pins and now my pc won’t display. Did i mess everything up or can i still fix this? :(
should still be able to resolve it, just be patient and don't panic. let me know if you need more help
@@mikesunboxing i have resolved the issue now. It was because my display port wont display BIOS and i needed to use a HDMI cable to fix the problem
@@wzarp Glad you fixed it 🙂
Nice video is the clr_cmos and jbat same?
yes it is
@@mikesunboxing Thanks
@@agentstarkgaming5547 No problem :-)
Do u have to remove all the cables and stuff on ur motherboard or can u have them plugged in ?
leave them in
Mike I have one question what do U do at the jbat1 can U explain a little easier please and thank you
the battery is removed to allow the cmos settings to be erased. The battery can allow the cmos to retain info during power off
My CMOS battery is soldered in place I have a Lenovo g50-45
that is going to make things a lot more difficult, there should be a cmos reset pin though
Thank you! 🙏
You're so welcome!
Is it safe to reset the bios with the PC plugged in with the power supply button on but the PC is turned off?
There might still be standby power going through the system so the reset won’t happen
@@mikesunboxing Thanks for the quick reply, but I was more so asking because I was curious if any damage could occur on the MB while clearing the CMOS without turning off the power supply or unplugging it but having the PC off via the power button that just simply shuts down the PC
how about power cycling any ideas?
short circuit maybe?
hi mike . can i change the battery with the computer running ? that way the bios won't need to be set? or is there any other way around resetting the bios with computer off? cheers
yes the battery is used to store the data when the power is off
@@mikesunboxing how long if power off does it take to reset? cheers
@@jlindell6532 few seconds or up to 30 minutes or more depending on lots of factors
Thank you so much! Made a newbie mistake. :(
glad to help
Can I change it while the computer is on or is it not recommended? Could a dying CMOS battery also cause a blue screen?
yes and yes
it works for me thanks bro
G'morning Mike. I would need to reset before trying this...if I try this. (dadgum curiosity)
So I have 32g 2666 (19-19-19-43) 2x16 (GSkill Aegis) laying around from a previous system.
Also have 32g 3600 (16-18-18-38) 4x8 (Corsair Ballistix) in my current system.
If I could get them to play together nice,...I have 4 slots...would 48g at slower speed be better than 32g at faster speeds?
CPUZ shows a timing table for the 3600 to match the 2666 (19-19-19-43)
Reset and just plug them in, let the board sort it out or will I need to fiddle with stuff in the bios?
i would set the BIOS to ddr4 2666 cl 19 they should if theory work together at that speed - fingers crossed
@@mikesunboxing I'll give it a shot tomorrow see what happens.
@@mikesunboxing Interesting.
I'm on it now, I just set 2666 in the bios and didn't mess with the timings. CPUz now shows 48G at 1333 16-18-18-38-62.
Seems to be running fine. ASRock B550M/ac...XMP set to auto. (Most things set to auto) I thought it would use the cl19 of the Gskill.
As far as "better" than 32g at 3600 I don't know yet.
Right now I have my browser open, Photoshop with a 4K image, Daz Studio, processing a 4K 3D image, and HWinfo running...says I have 38G free.
Edit, I gained 452 points in CinebenchR23.
Hi Mike! Just finished my new pc build, and when i turn it on, it shows the post page (which is AMI for me) it says to press the DEL key to enter the setup, but my keyboard doesnt seem to work. I checked it with 2 keyboards but nothing, do you think this will work if i reset the cmos battery? Like pull it out and back after 10-15 minutes? Thank you for ur answer ❤
could be a short circuit on the USB bus, unplug all usb devices and front panel headers and check again
@ thank you! It worked. You dont know how much this means to me 🥹 god bless you and your family
@@velsrevenge Glad you got it working 🙂
I was getting a cpu fan error and a code that said b1initualizedlibraryfailed 0x0000001 I replaced the battery and did exactly what you did in this video and it got rid of the fan error but the other code keeps showing. I keep trying to change the date and time in bios but it keeps resetting
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
@@mikesunboxing everyone skipped right over my question 😅
Sorry to hear that - try again and put in one of the #Tech-Support @@amiewillis8868
Hi Mike,
New to your channel.
My Win 10 took ages to restart, so I powered it down using the power button (pressed for 5 secs). Now my computer gets stuck on boot up Windows logo and the spinning circle.
First PC repair guy I had visit, claims it's a bios issue.
Do you have any thoughts? Scared of messing up my machine.
Many thanks for your time.
sounds like either a bad boot sector on the drive or the drive is failing maybe. could be the motherboard but the really slow shutdown normally means windows can't right the shutdown data to the drive.
so probably a dead or dying disk drive i would say
@@mikesunboxingwhats the fix?
THANK.YOU.
I had fast boot on and I couldn’t boot my hard drive.
Thanks bro I disable computer keyboard keys I fix with you help
Glad I could help
Trying to do this to see if I can fix the fallout 4 pipboy bluetooth edition but when doing that it has what looks to be a hard power 18650 battery. Disconnecting that kills power entirely. And there is no short prong next to the coin battery
might need to remove the battery or something, sorry i'm not really very knowledgeable on those
will this possibly fix the “restart and select proper boot device”?
it might do, but likely you need to look at the boot order or you could have a dead drive
@@mikesunboxing it worked, just hope it doesn’t happen again.
is it not necessary to remove computer components from mobo before changing
maybe, but it is a lot easier if you do when changing a motherboard
What happened if the battery part comes out instead of the battery itself? Can you replace that or just pop it back into place so you can put the battery back in the black battery holder
might be able to push it back together
I have my pc running all the time, and this is the second time iv had no display and no keyboard and mouse but it powers on.. I was just thinking maybe that little round battery has run out? How long do they last you? Any help ifls much appreciated
Once again thankyou. The only channel that's helped me
The batteries can least from a year to ten years or more
@@mikesunboxing hmmm interesting, the reason I ask is because this has happened before and I followed your tutorial and reset it and it all went fine after that, but it happened again out of nowhere last night so I got to work for resetting it but this time it turned on and the normal stuff came up prompting me to press f1 to run the thing (my pc lingo is very limited lol) and when I pressed f1 there is still display but it's black and won't do anything else, iv had my pc on pretty much the whole time iv had it over a year, maybe 2 by now lol which is why I was wondering if it was that lol
@@mikesunboxing its going again lol
@@CrispyChips007 If you need any help feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
DId you say guitar plug? or pluck? Never heard that one before.... its called a guitar pick! In Canada anyway! LOL....
Anyway, awesome video.. I saved it as there is some info in here I haven't heard before about when changing ram. Thanks!
You got the right idea 💡
Hi so I’ve done all these steps to reset my bios and I’m still not getting a boot up or anything to my monitors. Power comes on but nothing other than that happens.
I experienced the issue while trying to setup secure boot (so I can play valorant) and since I enabled that in my bios I haven’t been able to doing anything.
Is there something you might suggest?
Anything helps at this point. Thanks.
try using a different monitor output on your gpu that sometimes works
This is exactly what im trying to fix lol.
@@beneniy988 Feel free to join our Discord chat if you need any help discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
"CMOS" isn't actually a thing on modern motherboards (UEFI instead stores settings in flash storage, next to the UEFI code itself), and it's up to motherboard vendors to emulate a CMOS reset when a battery removal is detected - not all boards do this. Look for an "NVRAM clear" or "BIOS reset" jumper or button on the board instead, which is actually meant to actively reset your BIOS settings.
Mike if i want to upgrade a cpu say from 5600x to 5950x do i need to do this first before inserting the 5950x? thanks
no that should not be necessary
I upgraded from 5600 to 5900x and now the VGA light stays on? Should this resolve the issue?
Hello i was using my pc and it suddenly turned off and couldn't turn it on again since yesterday but before it turned off the fans were so loud for like 5 seconds then they become quiter and after 15 20 minutes my pc turned off
Also i had my pc close to the heater because dont have any other place to put it and i just bought the pc like 1 week ago any help what is the problem power supply or something?
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
What im trying to do is actually the complete opposite of this, im trying to replace my CMOS battery and preserve the bios settings. I've searched up about this and most results say that i should change it while my pc is turned on. I however also found that you can retain bios settings as long as you dont take more than 1-5 minutes while the old cmos battery is removed. I prefer the latter method but what do you think? Also are there any other precautions to take before doing so? (like pressing the power button or touching the case to remove static electricity)
do it really quickly and it "should" be fine
@@mikesunboxing how about if the pc was just turned off?
i need your help mike, i updated the bios from a b550 tomahawk for my new sons computer, but after i updated, the computer turns on, and the rgb lights and gpu and so on, but the mouse and keyboard and image doesnt work!!
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
I have z490H motherboard with intel i3 10100 my motherboard is second hand and it doesnt boot up it only show the RGB lights but it doesnt turn on can you please help.
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/XtBTGQ6BDu
Agree to the rules by clicking the emoji and you will get access to the rest of the Discord channels
Hi I'm not sure if you will respond but I'm getting a error that says "there is an error in the smart detection" and "1720-smart hard drive detects imminent failure" I don't know what is a smart detection or how to remove it.
When I removed the CR2032 battery coin then waited for a minute, I inserted back in, then turn on my computer until it says "161-Real-Time Clock Power Loss". I'm not a computer expert so I need help please. I can't afford to buy a new PC.
you need a new storage drive HDD or SSD and the 161 message means the battery was removed so the clock needs to be set