I’m running Artix Linux for many years without problems. Since a while, the system clock would lag behind between boots. I thought the CMOS battery was dead so I just synced the time with ntpd every time.
Just recently my bios password was gone all of the sudden! I didn’t disable it at all. It just boots into Linux without asking for the password. I got the message “account [account name] has password changed in the future”. My login password has not changed and I didn’t attempt to change it.
Just now it took a few tries before booting which spooked my out. The bios password still gone and the same message upon login. All of the sudden the date is set to 2018-01-01 (usually it is just a few hours behind).
Is my motherboard just dying? If the bios password can just disappear it doesn’t provide much security lol.
the last time i tried to do this (approximately 10 years ago) the cmos was soldered onto the motherboard.
I have replaced it and it just clipped in and out of a round little thing it sits in. I happened to have the right battery on hand.