PC some times won't turn on, unless I heat up the CMOS battery
Posted by Assassino707@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 4 comments
so yah My pc sometimes doesn't turn on, unless I heat up the Cmos bat for some seconds with a hair dryer on medium
at First I thought its the PSU so I changed it, and it worked fine for some months and then returned to not turning on
I also noticed that it doesn't turn on the days that humidity is a bit high (I live in a humid place)
I also tried changing the CMOS bat
I have a Ryzen 3 3200G, Asus A320 Prime MK, 8GB Ram duel channels and a 450w PSU from Gamemax; 2 HDDs and 1 SSD for System
did someone have the same issue and found a permanent fix ? for me all I can do is heat up the Cmos bat a bit and the PC starts and it works flawlessly after serval tests
Edit : turned out the issue is in the Motherboard, something to do with humidity and when some spot in the MB get heated the PC switches on (probably some loose connection) , for people having similar issue try replacing the mobo or clearing/fixing these spots or u can use the temporary fix which his heating up the mobo a little but the issue will return once humidity settles in
flybird99@reddit
To be honest dude in all my years I have never heard of anyone warming there cmos battery with a hairdryer 😂😂
DieDae@reddit
I can agree.
Trivo3@reddit
The question we should be asking is how on earth did OP even come to the decision to TRY that in the first place... I've never seen this suggested once to solve any sort of PC issue.
TransitionSweaty2660@reddit
it's very common method that a lot of tech guys actually do !!! using hair dryer is the oldest trick i can remember, i used to heat my Xbox back in the day using my sister's hairdryer in order to power on and play some games and that was back in 2015 !!
now i use the hair dryer to turn on motherboards, Phones, Samsung TV even PS4 !! it's the oldest trick in the book haha