General petty/stupid question thread

[cellardweller]

So here it is, i'll never need to start another thread in here again

The General/petty/stupid question thread

Here's my first installment:
What purpose does the little "backup" battery on the mobo serve?

-AND-

Where do you find your motherboard identified? I can not find it in any online documentation (I'm at work right now)?


C'mon guys, heap your stoopid questions here!

 

[BentRabbit]

Ummm...

Are we allowed to answer any of them or is this just a 'Questions Only' type of thing?




(P.S. That was my entry)

 

[scottboyher]

The battery supplies power to your BIOS chip. Which is a ROM chip that is one of the first steps in the boot process.

Your MOBO should have ID on it somewhere.

 

[ocnor]

What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

 

[brzilian]

The battery supplies power to your BIOS chip. Which is a ROM chip that is one of the first steps in the boot process.

Wrong answer.

If it was a ROM chip, you wouldn't need to supply it with voltage with the backup battery when the computer is off. Read Only Memory keeps it's state permanently.

It is a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) chip which is more like RAM (Random Access Memory)

CMOS Defined:

A part of the motherboard that maintains system variables in static RAM. It also supplies a real-time clock that keeps track of the date, day and time. CMOS Setup is typically accessible by entering a specific sequence of keystrokes during the POST at system start-up.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&q=define:CMOS

The backup battery also powers the clock chip on every motherboard which keeps timing for the CPU (hence why CPUs are rated by MHz/GHz - speed at which it processes information). The secondary function of the clock chip is to keep track of Time (as in 6:05 PM, January 31, 2005)

 

[thane1200]

...also keeps the time/date accurate, ever unplug your machine for a extended period of time, then plug it in and the time is still accutrate? The battery ensures that.

 

[Track Rat]

What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

Have a dangerous salad with your bar-b-que.
I'm a member of P.E.T.A.
People for the
Eating of
Tasty
Animals.

 

[Carter]

Have a dangerous salad with your bar-b-que.
I'm a member of P.E.T.A.
People for the
Eating of
Tasty
Animals.

FLMAO................................

 

[ocnor]

Have a dangerous salad with your bar-b-que.
I'm a member of P.E.T.A.
People for the
Eating of
Tasty
Animals.

What type of wine goes with endangered bar-b-que red or white?

 

[cellardweller]

what does ceiling tile taste like?

So, was there a concensus (yea, right! ) on the exact purpose of the backup batter? Is it necessary for CMOS to retain its' memory?

 

[Dogman]

what does ceiling tile taste like?


Dude, it tastes terrible.(I've cut and installed a bunch, so have eaten my share.) Drywall tastes about the same. Now paint, that's a different story.

Ed

 

[scottboyher]

Wrong answer.

If it was a ROM chip, you wouldn't need to supply it with voltage with the backup battery when the computer is off. Read Only Memory keeps it's state permanently.

It is a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) chip which is more like RAM (Random Access Memory)

CMOS Defined:

A part of the motherboard that maintains system variables in static RAM. It also supplies a real-time clock that keeps track of the date, day and time. CMOS Setup is typically accessible by entering a specific sequence of keystrokes during the POST at system start-up.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&q=define:CMOS

The backup battery also powers the clock chip on every motherboard which keeps timing for the CPU (hence why CPUs are rated by MHz/GHz - speed at which it processes information). The secondary function of the clock chip is to keep track of Time (as in 6:05 PM, January 31, 2005)

WRONG! It is DDR RAM.