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 ...

Setting custom fan curves allows you to tailor the behavior of your PC to your liking. Lastly, settings like Precision Boost ...

Owners of non-K 14th Gen Intel processors have something interesting to look forward to. ASRock has released new BIOS' for its range of Z790 motherboards that allow you to get some 'free' performance.

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A significant portion of our readers are PC builders, and we figure that among our collective there's a wide array of bizarre stories about mystery issues that seem to defy any logic and common sense.

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 ...

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 ...

Experts reveal six common PC habits — from BIOS neglect to background apps — that quietly reduce system performance over time ...