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Where is the on board battery? Is it the small silver disk aout the size of a 10p?
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Yep, that's it. Usually holded down bty a clip of some sort.
Check the documentation of your mobo. Usually there is some jumper you can set to "Clear the CMOS".
You could rule out the graphics card and your monitor by installing the graphics card and monitor on a different system. Doesn't even has to boot. The splash/BIOS is enough. That is proof your card/monitor combo is still functioning.