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ikillyou61 Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 222	clearing the c-mos what does clearing the c-mos do?

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Your motherboard isn't the only one that causes this confusion. If you're prone to tweaking your system BIOS settings (e.g., overclocking, aggressively tuning RAM timing) you may need to reset everything to the default settings.

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/...414/40414.html

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