Generally speaking, motherboard manufacturers try to release BIOS/UEFIs that are stable and have all the features you’ll ever need for the motherboard on day one however, this rarely happens as bugs ...

I had an Asus M4A784-M motherboard I was using in my Ubuntu Server, randomly it restarted one day and said that the BIOS failed it's checksum and just thumbed it's nose at me. Ok fine, I finally ...

Most motherboard manufacturers nowadays offer multiple BIOS styles for users to enter and tweak the system settings. The latest implementation of the BIOS type is the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware ...

Some Asus PC owners running Windows 7 are being treated to an unpleasant surprise as their machines stop booting properly. Instead of booting into Windows 7, users ...

Okay, in spite of getting some earlier schooling here at Ars on this subject, I forgot some of what was said. Last couple of days, my main driver, an Asus P5Q-E went wacko on me. At first and second ...

Pretty much every PC that ships today uses a system called BIOS to allow the operating system to interact with your computer’s hardware. The BIOS software is basically the firmware that’s loaded on ...

If you bought a pre-built desktop PC, it’s a safe bet that the manufacturer optimized the basic input/output system (BIOS) settings for the hardware in the box—though it never hurts to check them out ...

AMD made a splash last week by announcing its Ryzen 5000 series of CPUs based on Zen 3, with up to 16 cores and 32 threads, and a huge IPC (instructions per clock) uplift. What it did not do, however, ...