-Computer professionals only- What would damage the semos of the pc?

Question

i belive that is what like such if u catch a virus on your pc or whatever that damages that or whatever. What else can damage your semos? I have no idea if i am saying it right let alone spelling it right. My pc guy that does my pcs said that in our last pc our semoss was damaged. i was just wondering how that gets damaged other then virus's or whatever. Cause i dont think i have had any issues with virus or trojans or whatever cuase the antivirus has caught them all.

Answer 1

CMOS - is an acronym for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A semiconductor technology in which pairs of metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), one N-type and the other P-type, are integrated on a single silicon chip. Generally used for RAM and switching applications, these devices have very high speed and extremely low power consumption. They are, however, easily damaged by static electricity.

It would have been better if you mentioned the reasons why your technician concluded that your mainboard's CMOS is damaged. Once it is damaged your PC is completely dead and it will never react whenever you switch it on.

Answer 2

CMOS. It is an eraser sized chip on your motherboard that stores the most basic set of instructions for your computer. Damage to the cmos could come from water, dust, heat, extreme temperature changes, or something on your motherboard just decided to give out and sent too much voltage to the chip. I doubt it was a virus. In this case the entire motherboard is usually replaced. Antivirus will not prevent this from happening. Ask your PC guy to help show you how to clean your computer's dust out. It is a good idea to do this every month or so especially if your computer is on most of the time. Once you get your computer up and running chances are that you will not experience CMOS damage again in your computer.

Answer 3

Those kind of virus is rare but I once encountered them back high-school years when BIOS starting to be Flashes, it is very serious if happened, turned my Pentium into paperweight, the silverlining was I had half a mind to upgrade at that time and computer components at that time is close to 100% interchangeable unlike today.

CMOS is just clock and basic settings, so uninteresting only damage to them is loss of battery if you call that damage.

Lose that guy if he says CMOS not BIOS, CMOS 'damage' is so minor a computer can run with it no problem.

Answer 4

I would contact the person from whom you got your computer from and ask them. Because if you don't it will create into a huge scan. Then a Virus will it in, In really big time- Before you know it! Like I said. Contact the person from whom you got the computer from.

I hope this helps!
Good Luck~

Answer 5

it should be CMOS,
virus tht damage your CMOS is very rare.
The most probably problem will be your motherboard tht cause the CMOS to fail.
there are many causes of damage, such as instability in voltage, lighting surge, water damage, and dust.

Answer 6

cmos system rarely be damaged by virus. It is damaged normally by a electric shock or power supply failure or thunder.