A couple of weeks ago, [Doug Brown] bought a Ryzen motherboard, advertised as “non-working” and discounted accordingly. He noticed that the seller didn’t test it with any CPUs old enough to be ...

Three years of updates, one afternoon to fix.

I have bought a AMD Phenom II x4 965 CPU, and in the next month or so I am gonna get a ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 motherboard to put it into (along with some other "stuff" of course). I looked at ...

What do I do to recover from a failed flashing of BIOS? (Machine doesn't even POST now!)??? <P>Injured Equipment: MSI K7Tpro2A MoBo (KT133 chipset...)(wonderfully stable MoBo, BTW...), Duron 700 @ 850 ...

The decision to flash your computer’s BIOS should not be taken lightly. Here are 10 common mistakes you need to avoid. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is critical to the proper operation of your ...

VIA's upcoming VT8237S south-bridge will implement a serial bus that will allow easy BIOS flashing for the likes of system integrators and motherboard manufacturers. Generally speaking, there are two ...

AMD graphics cards are no stranger to BIOS modifications to “unlock” previously unsupported functionality. Back in April, we reported of enthusiasts flashing Radeon RX 480 GPUs with the BIOS from the ...

It’s been topic of discussion with pretty much any AMD Radeon releases, can a cheaper product in the same range use a BIOS from its bigger brother? For Vega is was clear from the get-go that flashing ...

Updating your BIOS can bring all sorts of benefits, from improving stability, adding compatibility for new processors and memory types, and even improving performance. Motherboard manufacturers often ...

One of the main culprits behind BIOS issues is the CMOS battery. The battery powers the CMOS memory, which stores BIOS settings. If the battery is drained, the CMOS will not remember the settings, and ...