[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[Pie Crust]

My heaviest case is a full tower made out of aluminum. It weights 4kgs while empty, 33kgs with everything in it.

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[SquartleTurtle]

my friends gtx 470 just went up in flames, its a fermi card so it makes sense lmao

[snot2]

my case is 40% dolomite

[carolcat]

my friends gtx 470 just went up in flames, its a fermi card so it makes sense lmao

glad my 460 never did that

[Pie Crust]

I need to replace my CMOS battery. Does any lithium/nickel 3v battery work or does it have to be a specific battery per motherboard?

[Pentium]

AFAIK all modern motherboards uses a CR2032 battery for the CMOS, which shouldn't be very hard to find. You can use any 3V battery, but it'll probably not fit in the socket.

[Miga]

AFAIK all modern motherboards uses a CR2032 battery for the CMOS, which shouldn't be very hard to find. You can use any 3V battery, but it'll probably not fit in the socket.

Even motherboards dating back to like 1995 use CR2032, at least in my experience

[shitlord]

i dont understand why the motherboard needs power to hold information
can someone explain?
my phone doesnt factory reset when it runs out of power, why should my motherboard?

[Alyx Vance]

Your phone probably has some sort of power keeping it alive, that or it has the kind of ram that can hold information while out of power.

[Ipquarx]

i dont understand why the motherboard needs power to hold information
can someone explain?
my phone doesnt factory reset when it runs out of power, why should my motherboard?

the reason it needs power to store things like clock time is because it needs to constantly update the time
if it didnt need to then it could store it in ssd-like flash storage
however im not sure if there's something actually preventing an upgrade from volatile memory to non-volatile

[Pecon]

however im not sure if there's something actually preventing an upgrade from volatile memory to non-volatile

They probably figure it isn't needed as long as they can assume that the computer will always need power to keep the CMOS clock running. It's not like the CMOS stores a whole lot of information, and simply de-powering the CMOS serves as a handy way of factory-resetting all the BIOS settings.

[Pie Crust]

I was told that the CMOS clock maintains the system date and BIOS settings. Should the battery stop holding power, the date gets reset and the checksum goes bad. The time is getting reset on this PC every time it is unplugged.

[Miga]

Your phone probably has some sort of power keeping it alive, that or it has the kind of ram that can hold information while out of power.

Most modern-day phones don't actually keep time once the phone is turned off, it simply retrieves the time once it gets connection to a cell phone tower as part of the boot process.

the reason it needs power to store things like clock time is because it needs to constantly update the time
if it didnt need to then it could store it in ssd-like flash storage
however im not sure if there's something actually preventing an upgrade from volatile memory to non-volatile

Theoretically you could have the BIOS settings stored in non-volatile storage, but the battery would still be required to keep the clock ticking if the power supply is shut off or gets no power.

I was told that the CMOS clock maintains the system date and BIOS settings. Should the battery stop holding power, the date gets reset and the checksum goes bad. The time is getting reset on this PC every time it is unplugged.

Definitely a dead battery then.

[BlackMod]

oh hey, new desk.

[carolcat]

that case is hot, what is it?