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 ...

Password strength and encryption are important things when it comes to computers. A password is the entire security of your computer, and OS passwords are not hard to break. Most users believe that if ...

This article is the seventh and final in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version or part seven, click here. Configuring the BIOS is going to be one of the final steps to ...

recently bought the parts for a P4-based system. System wouldn't boot (I got a blank screen), but cpu fan, video card fan and IDE drives spun up so assumed the mobo's cpu port was damaged. So got a ...

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 ...