Hi @ lockeofnarshe ,
This is just to add to @oldturkey03’s answer above.
Here’s an image taken from a teardown video of your laptop, showing the location of the CMOS battery. It looks like a CR2032 battery but my eyes aren’t what they used to be.
The link is to the first of two videos, the second one follows on automatically when the first video finishes and the battery can be seen in the second video.
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Hi @ lockeofnarshe ,
If the battery won’t stay in place check the battery holder to make sure that it is OK. It may be a tight fit as the battery is supposed to lock down when pushed in and you have to gently pry it out when trying to remove it. You are reinserting it the right way aren’t you? Usually it is with the +ve on top. Also if you have a Voltmeter, check the battery’s voltage. if it is <2.6V DC replace it!
Back to your other problem, I don’t know the laptop but did you check in BIOS > Advance at the Graphics configurations settings to see if there are any options regarding the Nvidia GPU at all? A corrupt BIOS due to the CMOS battery problem could have disabled it.
Looking at the user guide for the laptop I found this which may be worth a look:
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A loose CMOS battery could mean that the BIOS settings may default back to factory default when the laptop is powered off or the BIOS could become corrupted etc.
Get the battery problem sorted because it will cause problems in the future.
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I tried replacing that battery but the cosmos battery keeps popping out, won't stay in. I am also wondering if my gpu could have just died, it has been glitching here and there between loading scenes for a little bit now. I have several times tried to uninstall and reinstall drivers from that site. Also if it is dead, how do I get the fans to stop running at max? They only started after my gpu went missing from there device manager. Thank you for the help.
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