What are CMOS pins and what are they used for? I heard that if my UEFI/BIOS is infected with viruses, using/resetting the CMOS pins will clear any BIOS virus. Is this true?
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Reset the BIOS of an Asus motherboard (by using the CLR_CMOS button) - BIOS - Tutorials - InformatiWeb
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Reset the BIOS of an Asus motherboard (by using the CLR_CMOS button) - BIOS - Tutorials - InformatiWeb
![Someone suggested I reset the cmos battery and it says to take the battery out and I'm not sure if this is the battery. Is this correct? ( I have a strix Someone suggested I reset the cmos battery and it says to take the battery out and I'm not sure if this is the battery. Is this correct? ( I have a strix](https://i.redd.it/j38oa9poa8u91.jpg)
Someone suggested I reset the cmos battery and it says to take the battery out and I'm not sure if this is the battery. Is this correct? ( I have a strix
![Reset the BIOS of an Asus motherboard (by using the CLR_CMOS button) - BIOS - Tutorials - InformatiWeb Reset the BIOS of an Asus motherboard (by using the CLR_CMOS button) - BIOS - Tutorials - InformatiWeb](https://www.informatiweb.net/images/tutoriels/BIOS/asus-bouton-clear-cmos/1-asus-x299-clear-cmos-button.jpg)