A battery that maintains the time, date, hard disk and other configuration settings in the CMOS memory. CMOS batteries are small and are attached directly to the motherboard. See BIOS setup and ...

If you have the latest Acer laptop, this will not work as Acer eSettings Management is not updated to current versions. 3] Remove CMOS battery to remove BIOS Password This is a risky method to ...

Some key computer functions are governed by the CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor), a chip on your motherboard powered by a small battery. The CMOS governs things like the system time ...