Riot Games is only forcing the BIOS update requirement on "Restricted" players, who seem to have PC configurations similar to ...

A tiny BIOS chip lurks inside every computer, sitting on your motherboard to breathe life into your system when you press the power button. It not only powers your PC, but helps protect it, too—as ...

As the proxy between your operating system and the hardware components that give a computer its utility and enable your productivity, your system BIOS is perhaps the most important piece of software ...

Every gamer wants to experience smoother and uninterrupted gameplay. A drop in FPS and latency (input lag) are the two most common issues gamers experience while playing video games on a Windows ...

CPU Virtualization is a hardware feature found in all current AMD & Intel CPUs that allows a single processor to act as if it was multiple individual CPUs. This allows an operating system to more ...

BIOS updates have remained my Achilles' heel throughout my two decades of PC building. The idea that a BIOS update gone awry can brick my PC had been drilled into my psyche long ago, and it's ...

Long-time Windows users might be well aware of the term – UEFI. For those who are not, UEFI is the abbreviated form of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, a sort of BIOS replacement to set up the ...

The ability to hack the BIOS chip at the heart of every computer is no longer reserved for the NSA and other three-letter agencies. Millions of machines contain basic BIOS vulnerabilities that let ...

The screen went black, then nothing. The notification in my task tray suggested a driver update, and I had some time, so I acquiesced. This particular alert prompted me to update the BIOS, and the ...

If you're wondering what your computer's BIOS or UEFI is, and whether or not you need to update it, you've come to the right place. I'll explain what these terms mean, what these pieces of software do ...

As someone who tinkers with PC hardware for a living, I’m generally the first stop for friends and family members who are having issues with their PC. There are a lot of simple fixes — it’s still easy ...

Speaking at UEFI Plugfest, a hardware interoperability testing event held by the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum earlier this month, Intel announced that by 2020 it was going to ...