Where is the CMOS typically located?

The CMOS, or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor, is typically located on the motherboard. This component holds the system’s BIOS settings and clock configuration, which are essential for carriages such as boot options, system time, and hardware settings. The CMOS chip relies on a small battery (often a coin cell battery) to maintain its data when the computer is powered off. Being situated on the motherboard allows it to interact directly with other critical components of the computer’s hardware.

The other locations presented in the options are not accurate for the CMOS chip. The hard drive is used for data storage, while the power supply's role is to provide electrical power to the system. The graphics card is responsible for rendering images and video, so it does not store BIOS or system configuration settings.