At 09:45 PM 3/14/1998 Darrell Hefley wrote:
>
>What exactly is the proper method to clear the CMOS using the Jumper?  Do
>you power up the computer with the jumper shorted, then power down and
>change it back.  Or just leave it on for a few minutes, then remove it and
>boot as normal?
>

Darrell:

If you have a clear CMOS jumper, usually just sorting the pins
will clear it (with the power OFF). This process will either
interrupt the battery power sustaining the values in CMOS
or delete the CMOS values themselves.

A 1/2 second is usually more than enough time to clear CMOS.

If you merely disconnect the CMOS battery, the time to clear
CMOS values may run from a few seconds to hours.

Regards,

John Chin