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The data is CMOS is on a chip called RAM. RAM will lose data when it loses power. A small battery on the motherboard is used to keep continuous power to CMOS when the PC loses power.
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Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and time?
CMOS Chip
Where is the system date and time stored in the hard drive?
In the CMOS. System CMOS Date/Time is stored in the configuration settings in memory timing to be used by BIOS upon startup. RAM located on the motherboard must have continuous power to maintain the data (Date/Time). When time begins to read slowly or fails to keep up with current time it is a significant clue that the battery for CMOS is fading or may be dead and should be replaced.
What are two examples of settings that can be changed in the CMOS settings?
Current date and time
What type of data does a CMOS chips hold?
date and time is one of them it also stores settings about drivers on the computer
What is the full form of cmos battery?
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. The CMOS is where the basic modifiable settings of the computer (BIOS, Basic Input-Output System) (Date, time, memory) are stored. These settings are maintained when the power is turned off by a minute current, and that current is supplied by the CMOS battery
What Memory does not lose it contents when power is removed from the computer?
Read Only Memory (ROM) is not erased when you turn off your computer. There is a chip called the CMOS chip on your motherboard that holds all of the hardware information about your computer and other things as well such as the date and time. That information has to be accurate are your computer will not start properly. The motherboard has a small round battery called the CMOS battery it keeps about 5V of electricity always flowing even when you shut it off so that the data in the CMOS can be retained.ROM
Why do you have to have CMOS settings?
The CMOS remembers the time and date settings of the computer, and also remembers the Hardware settings.
What is the CMOS and how does it work?
CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) is that type of technology that is used by nowadays computers to keep our current time and date and system setup parameter's. We often see a cell mounted on the motherboard inside the system case, that part is called CMOS and the that small battery cell is been giving the power to CMOS to keep the BIOS setting (all sort of time, date and system setup settings etc.) been working if we plug out the power cable.
Would it delete my current data if i do system restore to previous date?
yes
What can cause the cmos configuration info to be lost and time and date wrong?
Dead CMOS battery, a virus or a motherboard going bad.
What is the name of the bios program that edits the values in cmos ram?
CMOS Setup The BIOS is the name of the ROM Chip that holds all the data about how to start the computer up, and perform POST,Power On Self Test etc. And the CMOS was a software located on the BIOS Chip that enabled a UI for one to change the BIOS settings, ie like time, date, other settings.
Where the system date and time is stored?
it should be there in bios..
