wat r CMOS settings?

Question

whenever Im restartingf system m being told tht the CMOS settings r wrong....wat does tht mean...also my floppy disk is not working properly.....can any body help me with this..

Answer 1

Your computer is infected by a CMOS virus. Change your motherboard.

Answer 2

Hello, I think your the CMOS setting or your system is wrong. For that you just switch on your computer while booting you press del key. Then you can see the CMOS setting screen there you select default setting then save the setting by the F10 and boot again.

For floppy you just select in the CMOS setting a: 1.44type floppy before save the setting.
Try this and reply

Answer 3

Possibly, a weak cmos battery.Try replacing it with a new one.It is the round watch style flat battery on the motherboard.CMOS=complimentary metal oxide semiconductor.On the floppy drive,check the ribbon cable and the power line running from the power supply.Make sure they are both plugged into the back of the FDD properly.Also,there could possibly something jamming the floppy such as a piece of a floppy disc that came off and got lodged inside of it,etc.

Answer 4

Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS)

refers to the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System ) settings which are stored in the CMOS on your mainboard.

have you changed the settings in your BIOS, if so you can select the "reset to defaults" option which will reset to the defaults which can solve certain problems.

Its also possible that your CMOS battery got empty and therefore it has lost the update which may have been added to enable the mainboard to work with modern or newer technology.

Replace the watch like battery on your mainbaord and see if that solves the problem.

Answer 5

The CMOS settings are the settings stored to set up your motherboard. They are maintained (when your system is off), by the electric power of a small battery attached to your motherboard. It's much like a rechargable wristwatch battery. It must've worn out, that's why your CMOS settings don't stay from log on to log on. You need a new system battery ;)

Answer 6

CMOS settings, also known as "BIOS" settings, are the special settings your computer has when you start up. They're stored on a little chip in your computer. If you want to get to them, you often need to press a certain key when your computer is starting up. (It may say "Press Del to enter setup", or F1, F7, F8, and F10 are common).

Your floppy may or may not be linked to the CMOS settings being "wrong" (I think your computer is telling you they're not setup, not that they're wrong, but I could be wrong).