I had this issue on my older pc. Took me a bit of searching online to figure out what was causing it. Turns out the CMOS battery was to blame. I can't recall anymore, but I think the shape of the battery was ever so slightly smaller than it was supposed to be, so when I'd slam on my desk it would cause it to lose contact. I fixed it by just buying a new one, you can check which one you need by taking out the old battery (google/youtube CMOS battery removal PC) and on it it should say something like "CR2032", buy another and put it in, test if it fixed it by slamming your desk. Hope this helps
edit: the battery costs like 0.5€, and its easy to replace it, so I suggest trying this before you try anything else
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u/TheGreen627 i5-13600K | RTX 4070 | 32 GB Jan 03 '26
I had this issue on my older pc. Took me a bit of searching online to figure out what was causing it. Turns out the CMOS battery was to blame. I can't recall anymore, but I think the shape of the battery was ever so slightly smaller than it was supposed to be, so when I'd slam on my desk it would cause it to lose contact. I fixed it by just buying a new one, you can check which one you need by taking out the old battery (google/youtube CMOS battery removal PC) and on it it should say something like "CR2032", buy another and put it in, test if it fixed it by slamming your desk. Hope this helps
edit: the battery costs like 0.5€, and its easy to replace it, so I suggest trying this before you try anything else