Dave RupertLast week someone in my house -I’m not gonna say who to protect their identity- tried to turn off her son’s computer at bedtime and clicked the CMOS Clear button and wiped the BIOS. Anyways. Been doing computer repair and it ain’t fun. Ended up buying an entire new mobo+cpu.
Sue@suethepooh To be fair to … this person … it was a glowing button on the back which is a helluva design decision.
Ollie Boermans@davatron5000 click anything they said, you can’t break it they promised…
Chris Armstrong
varx/tech@davatron5000 ...does turning off the computer usually involve rummaging around inside the case?
@varx There was a glowing CMOS button on the I/O backpanel… which is weird.
@davatron5000 Holy shit.
Adam@davatron5000 Strange situation to have such a button so accessible. Why a new motherboard and CPU?
@adamsdesk Couldn't get the old one to post. It had a backup BIOS switch but that didn't work either. It was an 8yo board/chip, and while it's not that old, it was hard to find docs/guides/videos/drivers on the internet to flash it and restore it. I followed all the steps I could find but got nowhere.
@davatron5000 Dang that sounds so unusual. Well I hope it all works after that major fix.