Accidentally pressed the back clear CMOS button

[kaigaming]

Hello all i have a maximus formula VI board and while i was fixing the antenna in the back, i accidentally hit the clear CMOS while the system was on and running. The computer made a loud screech sound and restarted. Luckily it booted up fine and now I'm worried that i might have damaged something. What happens when you press clear CMOS when the computer is powered on?

 

[John Connor]

The clear CMOS button is in the back? So long as the computer functions I wouldn't worry.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

WARNING - suspect OP, they have posted this same thread in a large number of places, e.g. ...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1922312/accidentally-pressed-clear-cmos.html

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/cpus-motherboards/64589-accidentally-pressed-back-clear-cmos-button.html

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?41190-Accidentally-pressed-the-back-clear-CMOS-button&p=348798#post348798

 

[kaigaming]

WARNING - suspect OP, they have posted this same thread in a large number of places, e.g. ...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1922312/accidentally-pressed-clear-cmos.html

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/cpus-motherboards/64589-accidentally-pressed-back-clear-cmos-button.html

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?41190-Accidentally-pressed-the-back-clear-CMOS-button&p=348798#post348798

Sorry, it's just i didn't want to spam the other forums and I need some clear answers instead of 1 or 2 "i am not sures".

 

[denis280]

Hummm!

 

[dnut_00]

Why is that suspect? If anything - that is expected. A person is concerned so he/she decides to ask anyone in the know. Hence multiple forums.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

Why is that suspect? If anything - that is expected. A person is concerned so he/she decides to ask anyone in the know. Hence multiple forums.

You could well be right. They did at least reply to the original forum posts (elsewhere).

 

[blastingcap]

WARNING - suspect OP, they have posted this same thread in a large number of places, e.g. ...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1922312/accidentally-pressed-clear-cmos.html

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/cpus-motherboards/64589-accidentally-pressed-back-clear-cmos-button.html

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?41190-Accidentally-pressed-the-back-clear-CMOS-button&p=348798#post348798

Is there some sorta antispam program you use or did you just happen to see it when roaming forums?

 

[John Connor]

Sometimes I post in multiple forums asking the same questions. But I never use the same username or thread topic knowing people can search for me in Google.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

Is there some sorta antispam program you use or did you just happen to see it when roaming forums?

I was searching for the answer (which I mostly knew anyway, but wanted to have it as a definitive internet link, for proof/confirmation).

To my surprise, there was a significant number of other forums, with exactly the same question, by the same user, on the google search(s).

I could understand another 1 or even 2, but this chap has posted it to a fair number of forums, some of which I have not linked to.

To make matters worse, at least one of the forums, seemed to answer his questions, and he is still posting the question, on other forums, why ?

Anyway, sorry for any over-reaction on my part.

In total there must be at least 5 different forums (including this one), involved.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

Sometimes I post in multiple forums asking the same questions. But I never use the same username or thread topic knowing people can search for me in Google.

I would hope that forum users, post questions, one forum at a time, and wait a reasonable time before starting the same thread, on another forum, e.g. no answers/posts for at least 4 days to a week or more.

Simultaneously posting the same (identical) question, to many forums (at the same time), to me seems unfair on forum peoples time/effort/work etc.

 

[dkm777]

Simultaneously posting the same (identical) question, to many forums (at the same time), to me seems unfair on forum peoples time/effort/work etc.

And why is that? I do that sometimes when in a panic, like OP seems to be. When I get an answer in one of the forums, I post a reply in all the others, thanking for the efforts and explaining how the problems was solved. I see no reason to get upset.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

And why is that? I do that sometimes when in a panic, like OP seems to be. When I get an answer in one of the forums, I post a reply in all the others, thanking for the efforts and explaining how the problems was solved. I see no reason to get upset.

I've been on the internet, for a VERY long time.

In the old days, "crossposting" was considered very bad/rude/naughty!

This explains about it

If I remember correctly, my early days on forum(s) (and/or similar) strictly prohibited, cross-posting questions, on other forums.

I might not be remembering the exact details correctly, it was rather a long time ago.

EDIT: Maybe a very long time ago, it was usernet (where I am getting these cross-posting ideas from), where they hated people cross-posting stuff.
I guess that the whole usernet, was as if ALL the forums are in one place, under different headings.

Maybe modern day forums, are more relaxed about it ?

 

[kaigaming]

sorry, but the answers i got were unclear and i needed to confirm it. I only did it because either people go off topic or they don't finish reading the post and post an answer. I didn't mean to bother anyone but even with the post i did i only got like 1 or 2 answers at the end.

 

[SOFTengCOMPelec]

sorry, but the answers i got were unclear and i needed to confirm it. I only did it because either people go off topic or they don't finish reading the post and post an answer. I didn't want to bother people like you but even with the post i did i only got like 1 or 2 answers at the end.

Back on topic.

There is a very good chance that the motherboard (especially such a relatively expensive one), will NOT be damaged by pressing the CMOS reset switch, while it is switched on. Because the designers would have been careful, about the actions of such a switch, if it could be accidentally pressed by mistake.
Otherwise they would be risking expensive warranty replacements and/or damaging the manufacturers reputation.

Also, it would be very likely that if you had damaged it, you would already know about it.

I doubt you have damaged it.

Motherboards tend to fail sometimes on their own accord after a few years or so, anyway, so I would not advise you to worry about it too much.

 

[Ketchup]

You should be fine kaigaming. The worst thing I see here is possibly some of your custom bios settings being returned to default.

As far as "crossposting" that is only a problem when it is done within the same forum (starting the same thread in multiple locations in one forum). I considering it perfectly legit, and expected, to post a question on multiple sites.

The only thing that irks me is when people find an answer at one location, and never bother to tell the others how it turned out.

 

[dkm777]

EDIT: Maybe a very long time ago, it was usernet (where I am getting these cross-posting ideas from), where they hated people cross-posting stuff.
I guess that the whole usernet, was as if ALL the forums are in one place, under different headings.

Ah, yes! Usenet! Where foaming at the mouth could happen any moment for truly irrational reasons. Oh, the memories... Good thing I don't have to deal with it anymore.

To the OP - I really don't think you did any damage to your board. I did it a few times myself when I had a Rampage Extreme board and intentionally to my GA-X58A-UD5. But for total peace of mind I'd completely reset the BIOS, i.e. turn off and unplug the PC, press that button again, remove the battery for half an hour or so. You will have to redo your BIOS setup, but it's already at defaults by now. I had some weird behavior with my boards due to partially corrupt CMOS memory and this operation fixed that.

 

[denis280]

people can search for me in Google

Holly shit! is that robot still after you. (joke)

 

[denis280]

You should be fine kaigaming. The worst thing I see here is possibly some of your custom bios settings being returned to default.

As far as "crossposting" that is only a problem when it is done within the same forum (starting the same thread in multiple locations in one forum). I considering it perfectly legit, and expected, to post a question on multiple sites.

The only thing that irks me is when people find an answer at one location, and never bother to tell the others how it turned out.

This

 

[John Connor]

Holly shit! is that robot still after you. (joke)

I try to keep a low profile.

 

[DigDog]

the clear cmos button clears the cmos.

any other questions??

tbh, there *might* exist an occurrence where something might be damaged, if there was some ridiculous undervolting going on and weird hardware plugged in.

but all you did was reset your BIOS settings; tbh i don't even know why the pc restarted, that itself must be a safety feature. once loaded, i doubt the cmos is constantly checked.

 

[kaigaming]

Might've been just an auto restart feature. Thanks all for your generous inputs.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I know that some motherboards in the past warned that the mobo could be damaged by changing the clear cmos jumper on the board to "clear" and attempting to power on thr system. Since the jumper shorts something out in order to clear the cmos, applying power was not such a good idea.