How do i change my cmos pad in my PC?!\n\nplease help\n\nDepressed_Soul_Forever
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cmos pad? do you mean the shiny battery? open your case and gently push the battery toward the retention spring....it should pop out. it's a 2032 coin cell. when you replace it, make sure you put it back with the flat side up. If you mean the chip, you can't and will need a new motherboard
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Sorry 'bout my english, im from Argentina.\nRight click in mypc icon, go to "properties" > hadware > administrator. There you have to find an "?" icon, make doble click and it will allow you to change the controller that is working wrong.
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Ok there are two ways to do that.\n1. Remove the CMOS Battery from the motherboard.\nSo you need to open the case and you should see a thin battery,just remove it for 1min and than put it back and bios should now be reset.\n2. Some motherboard has a jumper (pin) to the clear the cmos.\n\nThe removing of the battery works almost all the time. If it doesnt work please update your post with the specific e-machines model you have so I can better help you.
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There is a way to reset your bios, on my motherboard there are three pins with a jumper spanning two of them (on my board, labeled clrtc). What you do is you turn off the computer, remove the motherboard battery, and then move the jumper from it's original position (say pins 1 and 2) to cover the other pin and the middle pin (pin 2 and 3). Leave it like that for about 10 seconds and then return the jumper to its original position. Then, replace the battery and power on the machine. If all went well, you should have a computer with factory defaults for the bios.\n\nNOTE: That is how it's done on my computer, please refer to your motherboard manual for detailed instructions. If you don't have a motherboard manual (and I don't know why you wouldn't) check the manufacturer's site.
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you must change your setting in start up with push del(SW) or change setting of micro switch into your mother board (HW)I CAN NOT REMOVE THISE PROBLEM IN MY COMPUTER BUT THEY SAY ...WE think your ram is RD RAM ...AND YOUR CONNECTED IS HP SCANNER/PRINTER ...
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Changing the RAM is simple you just pull it out and push the new one in.The main problem is deciding what type of RAM you need. Try crucial.com. They can scan your PC and tell you which to buy, or if you know your motherboard type they can advise you, or look at the RAM itself for the info on it and give that to them.
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On that motherboard the CMOS jumpers are two little silver things sticking out from one of the RAM memory sticks. I found this quote on the Internet:\n\n"\n(1) Remove the memory access panel.\n(2) Remove the sticks of memory.\n(3) I believe it is the top stick, but it may be the bottom. There are two solder points that stand out.\n(4) With a small screwdriver or other tool, short these two contacts.\n(5) Replace the memory and put the access panel back on.\n"\n\nBe careful when you do this. I do it all the time with desktop PCs, but notebooks may be a bit different.  You may need to have your battery (power) connected while you do it although that is definitely not required for a desktop PC.
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You need to set up seperate hardware profiles. Just go to Help in the start menu and do a search for hardware profiles to learn how.
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If you install the programm. There is a default port which you can change if you want.
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Well I found a couple of web sites but I don't know if they will help you.\n\nhttp://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/PCMagazine/2004/12/14/650918?extID=10032&oliID=213\n\nhttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1730863,00.asp
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your brick is bad. I have a 5160. why did you change the cord not the brick? or if you replace the whole thing then you mobo may be bad. the connection from your plug to your mobo power could lose connection by it simply wearing out.
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Time to scrap that junk out dude! This is the 21st century! That unit came out just a little after the abacus! Seriously though, you need to replace the cmos battery. Everytime you shut down your bios looses data that would normally be saved. That is what the cmos battery is for.
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This is interesting.  SDRAM and DDR RAM should not use the same slots.  The notches should have been slightly different.  Unless you forced the SDRAM into place.  RAMs were created so this type of mistake could not be done.  Check your notches on the RAMs and the notch in the DIMM controller.  Make sure you didn't damage any of them.\n\nTake both RAM's to a computer shop and have them verify the RAM is still working.  There is a possibility you damaged the RAM sticks.  I will take it that you did seat the RAM firmly in place, and in the correct way.  You may need to have the Motherboard checked also.\n\nWhen you did all the switching, taking out the battery and jumpers, did you unplug the PC from the wall?  If you didn't, you may have done damage to the Motherboard.  Even though the computer may not be running, with the power cord still plugged to the wall socket, the CMOS and other internal systems still use the current coming from the Power Supply.  The CMOS battery (the small round battery you took out) uses the Power Supply so it will not die quickly, and, the CMOS will not clear if the Power Supply still has power.\n\nOnce you find out if the RAM is still good, try the DDR RAM again.  Don't use the SDRAM.
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You shuold clear the CMOS.\nIf you clear it all settings will reset to Default Values\nThere is a Jumper near the BIOS to do that (you will have to open you PC). \nAlso there are some programs to do that (they even may tell you the pass).\nIt's long to explain, check this page.
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u can upgrade the mother bord and make it better and/or just buy 1 or 2  memory sticks(ram) and stick them in ur comp.
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You need to go to the dell website and find your model and the drivers for it. If you reformatted, I bet you are missing more than sound drivers! Make sure you download all of the mobo drivers and software! Save it in a folder and burn it to cd!
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Hi ,\n  The problem seems with the CMOS battery.As u said u were not using it for days, the battery may have discharged. So it is causing the problem. Its like the CMOS battery is responsible for the date and time setup if it dont gives proper backup the time and date resets to start of the century or in some of case it goes to any unwanted date by randomely selecting it. \n  So change the CMOS battery n it will go fine.If u dont know how to change it open ur PC cabinate n  u will see   a shining roung thing just like ur watch battery but it will be a bit big. Take it out a take care while takin it out n  replace it by new one.\n  And you are done.......