![motherboard - Dell Inspirion - are these the 3 pins and the jumper needed to reset CMOS? - Super User motherboard - Dell Inspirion - are these the 3 pins and the jumper needed to reset CMOS? - Super User](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rPkSP.png)
motherboard - Dell Inspirion - are these the 3 pins and the jumper needed to reset CMOS? - Super User
![HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Clear CMOS Setting Printed Incorrectly on the Motherboard | HP® Customer Support HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Clear CMOS Setting Printed Incorrectly on the Motherboard | HP® Customer Support](https://support.hp.com/doc-images/181/c01701084.jpg)
HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Clear CMOS Setting Printed Incorrectly on the Motherboard | HP® Customer Support
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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