Remove the power cable attached to your system unit, and remove the casing. Discharge your system unit from static electricity by touching it with a metallic object. Once you are sure that the ...

1. Locate the BIOS stack The battery to be changed is usually a "button" type battery, which will have a flat, round shape. In older models, it sometimes looks like a small cylinder. It may be hidden ...

Remove Battery and Prepare the Multimeter Locate the BIOS battery and put it on a nonconducting surface. Power on the multimeter and set the rotary dial to "volts." ...

The CMOS battery is an often overlooked but crucial element. Hidden on the motherboard of your computer, it acts like an emergency power supply for the BIOS.

How to Install a CMOS Battery in a Gateway Laptop. The complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, stores the system date and time as well as other settings on your Gateway laptop.