When a computer starts up, it initializes the Basic Input-Output System before it starts up the operating system. The BIOS configures your computer's hardware components, which in turn helps your ...

When a computer powers on, it configures its hardware components prior to loading the operating system. The settings it needs to configure the hardware make up the computer's Basic Input Output System ...

Q: I have a Lenovo All-in-One IdeaCentre desktop with Windows 10 (same problem when I had Windows 8, but not as consistent). When the computer goes to sleep it won’t wake up. The screen stays black.

In early 2018, the Meltdown & Spectre vulnerabilities required Technology Support Services to update BIOS firmware on our campus Dell computers. Since then, there have been multiple variants of the ...

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 ...

Whenever you buy used computers there is a risk that they come with unpleasant surprises that are not of the insect variant. From Apple hardware that is iCloud-locked with the original owner MIA ...

I'm trying to fix a friend's laptop that won't boot, and it's not good. He tried to update the BIOS, and for whatever reason didn't do it right. Now the thing won't boot - is there any way to fix ...