PS5 CMOS Battery Issue Quietly Resolved By Sony

<p>Hardware isn&&num;8217&semi;t always everlasting&comma; not by any means&period; There are times where you can get faulty hardware that barely lasts at all&comma; or hardware that eventually gives out&period; Sony consoles are not immune to this&comma; either&comma; and the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;playstation-5-faq-guide&sol;">PS5<&sol;a> has had issues that were discovered with its CMOS battery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But what even is the CMOS battery&quest; What does that mean for console owners of the next-generation PlayStation&quest; Is this issue preventable at all&quest; Well&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s break down how this issue affects consoles&comma; and what Sony&comma; as a console manufacturer&comma; has done about it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174434" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;03231330&sol;ps5-console-wallpaper-72044-74586-hd-wallpapers&period;jpg" alt&equals;"PS5 CMOS" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">PS5 CMOS Issues<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Okay&comma; so&comma; the first point to talk about is what the CMOS battery even IS&period; In as few words as possible&comma; is an internal component that is linked to the system&&num;8217&semi;s clock&comma; which also doubles as a function to check for ownership of a game&period; If it can&&num;8217&semi;t function or is broken&comma; all of those functions cease to exist&comma; which leads to another issue&semi; if the system clock can&&num;8217&semi;t work&comma; it can&&num;8217&semi;t mark dates for Trophies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When it can&&num;8217&semi;t do any of those things&comma; it renders the thing as nothing more than a glorified drink coaster&semi; it can&&num;8217&semi;t do anything&period; Thankfully&comma; Sony seems to have caught onto this&comma; as a new update was released that&&num;8217&semi;s made the CMOS battery merely only allow offline play for games&period; You still won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to obtain trophies&comma; but at the very least&comma; your games will work&comma; except for PlayStation Plus games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You&comma; as a user&comma; won&&num;8217&semi;t even need to do anything extravagant&period; All you&&num;8217&semi;ll need to do is to update your console and the problem quickly becomes a nonissue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Playstation 5 consoles are available now at all retailers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;