This week, I will discuss advanced features of the BIOS. These include proper configuration of built-in peripherals, as well as power-management issues to consider. Let's dig in. This section of the ...

It's inevitable: There comes a time in most PC upgraders' lives when they must partake in a dangerous ritual known as updating their PC's BIOS. It's rarely necessary, but it can benefit performance, ...

Knowing how to fix things on your own is an invaluable skill for a business owner, especially when dealing with computers and technology. BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output system and is the firmware ...

When a computer starts up, it initializes the Basic Input-Output System before it starts up the operating system. The BIOS configures your computer's hardware components, which in turn helps your ...

If you look at the back of your Windows computer, you may see a strange button. Chances are, it is the Quick Flash BIOS button, but not everyone knows what it’s all about. We tend to see the Quick ...

A BIOS update is especially necessary when you are about to upgrade your old computer to a newer processor. However, this process requires some skill. Here we give a general guide on how to update the ...

As a PC owner, one of the most important things to know is the manufacturer, model and BIOS version of the motherboard you have in your system. This is one of the first questions I ask people when ...

This solution requires you to open the computer and disconnect and reconnect the hardware inside. Proceed only if you know what you are doing or take the computer to a hardware technician to perform ...

These anti-cheat protections are a real pain: not only they boil down to rootkits that give far too much control on a third part software, but they are a pain to satisfy (it took me a whole afternoon ...