Dumb Question: Does the "Mainboard Reset" procedure have a similar effect to doing a CMOS reset?

[Jonathan_Yun]

In other words, would removing the RTS battery and all that effectively clear the CMOS?

Thanks!

[TheTRUEAsian]

For 11th and 12th gen, a mainboard reset is performed via removing the CMOS battery. For other gens, they don’t come with a CMOS battery by default but their mainboard reset procedure is effectively the same as a CMOS reset.

[Second_Coming]

@TheTRUEAsian

For 11th and 12th gen, a mainboard reset is performed via removing the CMOS battery. For other gens, they don’t come with a CMOS battery by default but their mainboard reset procedure is effectively the same as a CMOS reset.

OP’s question was not about the procedure. It was on “Is mainboard reset equivalent to CMOS reset?” or what does a mainboard reset really mean. The later part of your post answered the question.

[Jonathan_Yun]

Ahhh got it! Is there a faster way to clear CMOS than to do the whole reset procedure on the 11th gen models, or is that it?

[TheTRUEAsian]

OP didn’t originally specify which gen they had that is why I had to mention both options.

[Second_Coming]

@TheTRUEAsian

OP didn’t originally specify which gen they had that is why I had to mention both options.

Guess I saw the question differently as it was “mainboard reset” aftermath related, which is the irrelevant to the generation of the mainboard and the procedure it self. It’s a post-procedure execution expectation / level set matter. But maybe my view of it was too narrow.