Motherboard Clear CMOS Question (SOLVED)

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I just bought a brand new Asrock B350 Pro4 motherboard, and I notice there's a 3 pin CLRCMOS on it. I don't see any cables for this anywhere, is this a requirement to be plugged in? This is my first PC build (replacing old prebuilt) so I am not very clear about some of the connectors on the motherboard. Thank you ahead of time.
 
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No it doesn't need a cable. That is to clear (reset) the CMOS or the memory that keeps hardware configuration data for the BIOS.

If for some problem sometime down the road you need to reset/clear CMOS you should short two pins out of those three together (with a pic cap) to clear/reset the CMOS.

The motherboard manual specifies which pins need to be shorted to clear it if it is ever necessary. You can forget about them now and leave them be.
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No it doesn't need a cable. That is to clear (reset) the CMOS or the memory that keeps hardware configuration data for the BIOS.

If for some problem sometime down the road you need to reset/clear CMOS you should short two pins out of those three together (with a pic cap) to clear/reset the CMOS.

The motherboard manual specifies which pins need to be shorted to clear it if it is ever necessary. You can forget about them now and leave them be.
 
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