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, ...

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 ...

Newcomers to PC building and tweaking are often advised to stay away from BIOS settings. Despite modern motherboards having built-in fail-safes, changing BIOS settings carelessly can cause serious ...

Windows leaves a lot of room for optimization, but this one works really well ...

We lock down our user accounts with passwords. But the BIOS often gets left unguarded. This vulnerability allows anyone with physical access to your PC to tamper with critical system settings. This ...

It’s time to update your BIOS immediately to prevent any damage to your Raptor Lake CPU. It’s time to update your BIOS immediately to prevent any damage to your Raptor Lake CPU. is a senior editor and ...

AMD’s ongoing X3D chip crisis has another wrinkle: AMD is now placing additional guardrails on AMD Ryzen 7000 as well as Ryzen 7000X3D processors, preventing them from being overclocked via a new BIOS ...

The BIOS is an essential set of routines in a PC, stored on a chip. It provides an interface between the operating system and the hardware, acting as an intermediary between a computer's hardware and ...