What is the BIOS and how to use it
The BIOS or UEFI is an interface you can use to examine core settings on your PC and make important boot changes. Here's how to access it and what you can do......»»
How to Boot to BIOS in Windows 11
The Windows 11 POST process happens quickly for improved startup times, leaving little room to hit the designated setup key and access the BIOS menu. Here's how to boot to BIOS in Windows 11......»»
Scientists develop novel electrochemical/fluorescent dual-mode biosensor
Researchers at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have recently proposed a hand-in-hand structured DNA assembly strategy and developed an electrochemical/fluorescent dual-mode bios.....»»
MSI Kombo Strike ‘Overclocking’ BIOS For Ryzen 5800X3D is Promising But Results May Vary
The engineers at MSI have found a workaround for AMD not allowing voltage and clock frequency changes on its Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU. Tread with caution though, as you have to download a beta BIOS to try it out. The p.....»»
The Ryzen TPM stuttering bug is finally fixed on Windows 11
AMD and its motherboard partners are rolling out BIOS updates that fix Ryzen's TPM stuttering bug, though not all boards have the fix yet......»»
"Doom" Game Ported To Run As a Coreboot BIOS Payload
"Yes, it's possible to get the game Doom running atop this system firmware," reports Phoronix. Tom's Hardware explains: Originally known as LinuxBIOS, which provides a better clue to its utility value, Coreboot 4.17 supports new motherboards, deliv.....»»
How to update your BIOS
Updating your BIOS can bring new features, stability fixes, or even performance improvements. Here's how to update the BIOS of your PC......»»
Valve"s Steam Deck can be paired with an RX 6900 XT for a huge performance boost
The Steam Deck is a desktop computer at heart and a handheld console in practice. Earlier this month, its BIOS was updated with fTPM support to allow users to install Windows 11. Microsoft's new operating system has some strict system requirements th.....»»
Fedora Plans To Drop Support For Legacy BIOS Systems
The Fedora 37 development team is considering dropping support for non-UEFI BIOS. Linuxiac reports: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, or UEFI, is a modern method of handling the boot process. UEFI is similar to Legacy; however, the boot data.....»»
AMD Confirms Its GPU Drivers Are Overclocking CPUs Without Asking
AMD has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that a bug in its GPU driver is, in fact, changing Ryzen CPU settings in the BIOS without permission. This condition has been shown to auto-overclock Ryzen CPUs without the user's knowledge. From the report: Report.....»»
Windows 11 can now be installed on Steam Deck
Likely the most noteworthy detail in the patch notes for the latest Steam Deck OS beta is the added support for firmware Trusted Platform Module (fTPM), which lets users install Windows 11 on the device. The BIOS feature is a common solution to what.....»»
AMD app may be changing your CPU settings behind your back
An AMD graphics driver is seemingly capable of modifying a PC CPU’s BIOS settings, even though such an action was not initiated by the system owner......»»
AMD"s Robert Hallock confirms Ryzen 7 5800X3D overclocking limitations
Earlier this month, we heard that AMD's much-awaited Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU would not support manual overclocking as the company asked motherboard manufacturers to disable the functionality in their BIOS/UEFI......»»
AMD reverses course, will support Ryzen 5000 in old B350 and X370 motherboards
New AGESA update will add official support for A320, B350, and X370 boards. Enlarge / A Ryzen 1800X CPU in an X370 motherboard. This could now be replaced by a top-end Zen 3 model, if your motherboard maker releases a BIOS update. (cre.....»»
This supposed Nvidia GPU hash rate unlocker was just malware
When Wccftech investigated the Nvidia RTX Light Hash Rate (LHR) BIOS v2 unlocker this week, it turned out to be filled with malware. Videocardz later noted that the malware connects to a remote server and then Tom's Hardware reported that the unlocke.....»»
Intel issues advisory for 16 new firmware vulnerabilities
Intel says it has discovered no less than 16 new BIOS/UEFI vulnerabilities that allow malicious actors to perform escalation of privilege and denial of service attacks on affected systems. That means they can be leveraged to bypass many operating sys.....»»
Major security vulnerability found in top servers
Security firm Binarly has discovered more than 20 vulnerabilities hiding in BIOS/UEFI software from a wide range of system vendors, including Intel, Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, HPE, Siemens, and Bull Atos.Binarly found the issues were as.....»»
Major security vulnerability found in top server firmware
Security firm Binarly has discovered more than 20 vulnerabilities hiding in BIOS/UEFI software from a wide range of system vendors, including Intel, Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, HPE, Siemens, and Bull Atos.Binarly found the issues were as.....»»
New UEFI firmware vulnerabilities affect several PC vendors
Researchers at enterprise security firm Binarly have discovered no less than 23 high-impact vulnerabilities in the BIOS/UEFI firmware used by several computer vendors like Intel, AMD, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Juniper Networks, Acer.....»»
Upcoming Intel Alder Lake CPU may feature Enhanced Thermal Velocity Boost
Proof of a potential "Enhanced Thermal Velocity Boost" in an Intel Core i9-12900KS CPU has been found inside the latest BIOS for ASRock motherboards......»»
Beware: The latest BIOS updates might wreck your Dell, Alienware, or Inspiron PC
Dell Latitude 5320 and 5520 laptops, Inspiron 5680 desktop, and the Alienware Aurora R8 owners are reporting a BIOS update that wrecks their PC......»»