What happens if I remove a MB's button battery ?

[Paolo]

If I remove a motherboard's battery which I think is near exhaustion to replace it, doesn't this reset the bios to default ? Or does this ruin the bios ? In short is this safe to do ?

 

[spanky]

i think it will reset the bios. don't worry, it's pretty safe... unless u spill a cup of water on the mobo while changing the battery. but hey... what are the chances of that happening.

 

[Kelvrick]

I'm pretty sure that just keeps your bios settings. Your bios will reset to default configs, and you'll have to chagne everything again, but thats it.

<== monkey dance

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Paolo
If I remove a motherboard's battery which I think is near exhaustion to replace it, doesn't this reset the bios to default ? Or does this ruin the bios ? In short is this safe to do ?

Paolo, it's safe to do, all removing the CMOS battery does is reset the BIOS options to their default.

 

[bgeh]

the BIOS clock and the BIOS settings will be reset