Apparantly my BIOS can't handle drives over 34GB so need to upgrade BIOS before i can use my lovely new 80GB HDD.<BR><BR>BiosWizard reveals the following info:-<BR><BR>Manufacturer: Award Modular BIOS ...

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 ...

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 ...

Updating or flashing the BIOS carries a certain amount of risk, but the potential rewards make it worth the effort. Motherboard makers are contstantly enhanching the BIOS firmware and the end result ...

Updating your BIOS is different from updating Windows or installing a new driver. It’s a low-level firmware update for your motherboard and if something goes wrong during the process, you could be ...

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 ...

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 ...

Given the steady trickle of BIOS-related questions that I get via email, I think that it's time for a post to demystify BIOS updates and the role they have in keeping your PC in tip-top condition.

According to one user on the Chiphell forums the GTX 660(Ti)/670/680 video cards can be flashed to support GPU Boost 2.0 through the BIOS. GPU Boost 1.0 is currently equipped on the GTX 660, GTX 660 ...

Who doesn't love getting a little bit more than what they paid for? If you're a Radeon RX 480 owner, you might just be able to experience such a gift, as it's been discovered that a simple BIOS flash ...