CounterSpell Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Ok guys, I know this has to put me in the category with all other complete idiots... Well.... I cleaned my computer about 3 months ago ( I cleaned the dust outa the fans ) well in the process of doing so I cleared my cmos.... Well I forgot to put it back to default..... So I am now under the impression that for the last 3 months my CMOS has been clearing each time I turned my computer off.... Could this have damaged anything? My computer has been running perfectly for a good while.. Never any problems, I just put in another video card and I noticed that it was still sitting on Clear..... Any suggestions on how i may find out if this hurt my computer in any way would be greatful, or a simple "Dude your screwed" may even suffice.... I would also love to hear that many other people have done the same thing and never had any problems with there computer after realizing that they left it on clear. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Well, if you had a MSI motherboard it would already be fried. Thank goodness for DFI. If your rig is still running then you haven't damaged anything. Truly amazing story though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Well if your not having issues then it's safe to say nothing was damaged. With my old boards I used to always power on with it on clear by accident and I never had any problems and they're still running fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CounterSpell Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Whew, well I will be firing my rig up again tomorrow and I will see if any damage is done. I too am surprised on how it did not damage a single thing although it has been stuck to Clear for nearly 3 months.. Lucky even. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasr Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 I am in agreement Wevsspot and CJ I would to do a quick memtest from the BIOS. Run test #5 and #8 for 5-10 passes and then ALL test for 5 passes. If that’s good then run Prime95 overnight. I run prime minimum of 8hr to 24hr. This will test both CPU and memory. Good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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