The complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, stores the system date and time as well as other settings on your Gateway laptop. The CMOS is powered by a small battery. If this battery runs low ...

If not, simply removing the battery will cause a power loss to the motherboard, and the CMOS will reset. The second is by changing the BIOS battery. The CMOS battery is a small pin found on the ...

I had a co-worker tell me that he had an old computer that the "trickle charger" died on him, thus causing his CMOS to die and screw up his BIOS. I have never heard of anything like a "trickle charger ...