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My system is having a stroke? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'll make sure to replace the CMOS and use disk encryption next time. My sensitive data is encrypted separately so I'll be fine for now. I thought that with a bios password someone couldn't just boot from a USB on my system but clearly it only delays such actions by a minute or two.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it prevents booting on that motherboard, but they can just yank your disks and boot it on another motherboard.

Normally, a good bios password implementation shouldn't reset with CMOS battery, but for yours it seems it does.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the last time i tried to do this (approximately 10 years ago) the cmos was soldered onto the motherboard.

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

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.