A neighbor asked me to wipe their PC hard drive so they could give the PC to a friend. I took my XP disc over, since they didn't have one, and tried to boot from the CDROM. Wouldn't do it. So I went ...

Hey there. Last night my system froze & when I rebooted I got this message: "Please re-setting CPU frequency in CMOS" I went into BIOS and made sure defaults were loaded then booted again. At the ...

The CMOS battery is an often overlooked but crucial element. Hidden on the motherboard of your computer, it acts like an emergency power supply for the BIOS. When you disconnect your computer’s power ...

Most BIOS guides read like a server admin manual. They're chock-full of settings, abbreviations, and often lack context for what it means for you day-to-day. The good is that for most folks, there ...

Not all computer troubleshooting can be handled within your operating system or by troubleshooting specific components. Some key computer functions are governed by the CMOS (Complementary ...

You can reset your BIOS in a few different ways, but they all have the same effect: They set all the BIOS settings back to their factory defaults. That means it ...

If it's possible to adjust a few BIOS settings to get better performance, that raises the question of why the manufacturer did not design the machine to default to the best possible BIOS settings. In ...

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 ...

Keep an eye on your PC when you’ve just switched it on. Usually, a screen flashes by before Windows (or Linux, for that matter) starts to boot up. This is a glimpse of the computer’s basic firmware, ...

Optimizing server BIOS settings for a server's workload will help balance performance with cooling requirements. Few servers perform at their maximum possible levels, so they should not be run on ...