Need some hardware help.

[Danno19]

Specs:

3400 Duel Core Athlon Processor
Windows XP
Standard 160 GB HD
SLI 7800's

Hope thats all that was needed.

Okay, I assume whatever my problem is, is really simple... I hope. As I can recall I never changed any options in my BIOS, so I am having a hardware glitch. I normally turn my PC off at night, and all of the sudden now when I boot up my machine, it says CMOS Error etc... So it stops booting up and wants me to go into my BIOS and I have to reset my system clock every single time my computer is off for more than 5 hours. My computer used to boot up without stopping at reseting the clock. If I boot up in default, my clock is automatically set to 12:00 AM and 2001...

Does anybody know what exactly is going on with my PC?

 

[brinks]

I think your cmos battery is dead and needs to be replaced.

 

[schusterjo]

Yes pull the cmos batter out goto walmart or radio shack and look in the watch battery section for a new battery.

 

[Danno19]

I've never opened up this case before cause I bought the PC via CyberPowerPC.com so I hope I can find it.

 

[brinks]

The battery should be the size of a 25 cent coin.

 

[Danno19]

Thanks man, appriciate it.