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:I got a MSI mobo so I checked inside my case to see if its CMOS battery be hidden. Couldn't find it so did a model number search and on their site they had pictures. The CMOS battery is hidden on mine, but behind the GPU (lol). Granted its a 2023 board so not "current". Product images could be a way we can identify which boards have obfuscated CMOS batts. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 21:38, 27 February 2026 (UTC) | :I got a MSI mobo so I checked inside my case to see if its CMOS battery be hidden. Couldn't find it so did a model number search and on their site they had pictures. The CMOS battery is hidden on mine, but behind the GPU (lol). Granted its a 2023 board so not "current". Product images could be a way we can identify which boards have obfuscated CMOS batts. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 21:38, 27 February 2026 (UTC) | ||
::actually my board's much older I just bought it on 2023. regardless I took a glance at their current selection and noticed a lot of them use cover plates that may or may not hide the CR2032. checking images is a manual process but checking manuals can be automated. under the "Overview of Components" section in the PDF they showcase a "battery" in a CR2032-like enclosure or just a circular battery icon. out of the first 6 boards from the [https://us.msi.com/Motherboards/Products#?tag=MAG-Series MAG series] half of them show the use of a battery. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 21:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC) | ::actually my board's much older I just bought it on 2023. regardless I took a glance at their current selection and noticed a lot of them use cover plates that may or may not hide the CR2032. checking images is a manual process but checking manuals can be automated. under the "Overview of Components" section in the PDF they showcase a "battery" in a CR2032-like enclosure or just a circular battery icon. out of the first 6 boards from the [https://us.msi.com/Motherboards/Products#?tag=MAG-Series MAG series] half of them show the use of a battery. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 21:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC) | ||
:::Thank you for looking! It seems to be only the higher end of their product line-up (MEG & MPG) has this new battery location, and only on their recently released boards. Prior to the 2025/2026 release cycle they all had standard mounts in obscure places. I have no issue with board designers hiding the battery out of view, behind the GPU or under a quick release NVME heat-sink, but not being able to even disconnect it for testing purposes without disassembling the whole top-side of the board makes the computer much more difficult to service. The whole reason I even noticed this, was my new MSI Box has had some stability issues, and I went to pull the CMOS batt, just to do a clean hard reset and had that ... "Wait... Where is it?" , moment. Which led to research, nagging my friend who owns a computer repair shop about it, etc etc. [[User:LizzyLamia|LizzyLamia]] ([[User talk:LizzyLamia|talk]]) 16:18, 1 March 2026 (UTC) | |||