KillCMOS Warning

[Foebane]

Alright, I am writing this warning to all of you who do not know about this, and to all of you smartarses who think I would purposefully choose to destroy my mobo by running such a program.

I had a problem with my old mobo, in that I couldn't get into the BIOS because of a password that I had forgotten, and I didn't want to run the risk of damaging my hardware by poking about inside and removing the CMOS battery.

So I hunted around for a program that would CLEAR THE CMOS MEMORY, forcing the BIOS to reset to defaults. THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFTER.

So I ran it, albeit without reading up on it fully from several places. The next thing I know, my PC will not boot and is clinically braindead.

End of story.

It turns out that KillCMOS does not work with certain mobos, BUT NO-ONE TOLD ME OR ANYONE ELSE ABOUT THIS. I finally tracked down someone who had a similar problem to me, but I couldn't be certain as it was in a foreign language.

Aside from that, NO OTHER WARNINGS.

Furthermore, I try to contact the author of the program to tell him what a destructive P.O.S. his program is, for my message to come back saying "delivery failure".

So he has left this rubbishy program that is destructive, and he does not even give us a ruddy warning, and he clears off the face of the earth like he's a fly-by-night operation.

SO BE WARNED. If you feel the need to reset your CMOS memory, open up the case and remove the physical battery - it's safer. Just remember to put the battery back in the right way after half-an-hour (to clear the memory fully) or it will explode.

(sigh) You can't win properly in either case. Bloody passwords.

 

[firemachine69]

I mock you.

 

[baron insig]

there was me thinking there was a 2 lil jumper things whihc u short and it clears it fr you hmmmm well my mobo does!!

looks like

Insert screwdrive across there


____________|__|_____

look in your mobo manual!!

 

[firemachine69]

Some people are too lazy (to check the manual), and they pay the price.

Sucks, I've been there, but I feel no sympathy.

 

[Foebane]

there was me thinking there was a 2 lil jumper things whihc u short and it clears it fr you hmmmm well my mobo does!!

looks like

Insert screwdrive across there


____________|__|_____

look in your mobo manual!!

Will you stop going on about bloody jumpers!?! Even they will not clear memory instantly, if the PC is off, and the jumpers are small enough to easily slip from your fingers and drop into the depths of the machine, and you'll have to fish around for it, with difficulty, and you'll need it to have a functioning PC at all.

So just do as I suggested and pull out the battery itself. For crying out loud!

 

[the_lone_wolf]

so it wasn't creative's fault? you ran this program you found somewhere on the net

without reading up on it fully

and it buggered your mobo, nothing to do with them

 

[baron insig]

u dont need jumper covers to do it noob u could do it with a screw driver god you are a dumbarse.

and yeah ther was me thinking a program like killCMOS sounds like a good thing,You so lazy trying to do it all new fangled way bleh old fashioned ways normally work best,

HOWEVER

if there are no clear CMOS jumpers on your motherboard and you read your namula and checked ont he webbernet then i say sorry, ul, looks liek you need a new mobo
TBH idoubt that is the case tho imho.

 

[Dumb Dude]

As I said in your thread bashing the Creatives, KillCMOS is known to be binded to or sometimes is, a virus or a program that will deliberatly ruin the CMOS. Basically the best way to go about resetting it is to reset the jumpers. I would never in a million years trust a program to do such a task. As it is, I'm afraid to update my BIOS because this one time the power went out, but only in my room, not the rest of the house. And knowing me, the power will go out as I'm updating the BIOS. Plus its really only recommended that you update the BIOS only if you are having problems.

Another thing, I would never download somthing with a name that says what it'll do, especially something like KillCMOS.

 

[X|Rolando]

You might be able to get a new bios chip from your mobo manufacturer...

 

[MiccyNarc]

*huggles clear CMOS jumper*

 

[[w0f]Oblivion]

Just pop your batery out and then pop it back in...

 

[oni_666]

You used a program called KILL CMOS, er! what did you expect to happen, I don't know why you just did'nt go the whole hog and remove your case panel and pour a glass of water on the mobo, It would have been just as efeective as the program, But a lot more colourful.

Some people and computers just don't mix, your one of them, I bet IT support guys have nightmares about people like you..lol!

 

[Foebane]

Thank you all for your scathing remarks about my ignorance and stupidity, yes, I concur, for the past year seems to have been my blackest in terms of interacting with PC hardware. I am more of a SOFTWARE guy.

As you have all told me and I have found out to my cost, KillCMOS is a destructive P.O.S. So why don't we all band together and make sure it is wiped off the face of the earth? Or at least suitable warning is given? Surely that would help?

 

[lePobz]

Maybe people should just read the compatibility notes before running software that (from the outset) has the potential to render a motherboard completely useless?

Honestly Foebane, you shouldn't be so quick to mock hardware or software (creative labs / KillCMOS) simply because you can't read instructions or google for help.

Neither should you be telling people to 'get a life' simply because they have creative labs hardware (and have no problems with it, at that!)

Why don't you do something productive, and RTFM!

Thanks