Full disclosure: I have never built my own PC, though I have considered it many times. A general unfamiliarity with how the computational sausage gets made and the high price of staying up to date on ...

I believe that the PC I just built has a board that may have been in the box for maybe 3 years before I put power to it. I'm not concerned; the battery is the kind with the plastic coating and the ...

My computer’s clock resets every time I turn it on. A: Your computer hasn't run out of time, but a small backup battery on its motherboard has run out of a charge. That battery — often called the ...

Could have to do with the RTC (real-time clock) which I believe is what that powers. Might do wonky things if it doesn't have a battery, or the battery is low or what not. RTC doesn't matter for a ...

Usually, when you plug some RAM and a charger into a board, then press the power button, your board should boot up and eventually show the BIOS on the screen. However, there will be some caveats – ...