Some situations might call for an update or "flash" to your motherboard's BIOS. What does that mean and what are the stakes?

Motherboard manufacturers play a bit too safe for my liking.

Updating your BIOS can bring all sorts of benefits, from improving stability, adding compatibility for new processors and memory types, and even improving performance. Motherboard manufacturers often ...

BIOS enables computers to perform certain operations as soon as they are turned on. The principal job of a computer's BIOS is to govern the early stages of the startup process, ensuring that the ...

ASUS has expanded distribution of motherboard BIOS updates addressing two recently disclosed AMD firmware Trusted Platform Module vulnerabilities, extending mitigations across both Socket AM5 and ...

Windows Update can update drivers, sure, but BIOS/UEFI updates are another beast entirely. They patch critical security gaps and need to be checked manually. Keeping your PC up to date isn’t just ...

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 ...

Owners of certain HP laptops are currently facing an annoying problem. Due to a faulty BIOS update, they are no longer able to update their devices or use them in any other way. According to The ...

Here’s the statement Lenovo provided to The Verge, via communications director Jeff Witt: ...

In-warranty and out-of-warranty Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards confirmed to be affected will be replaced.

The BIOS (or Basic Input/Output System) is what kicks into gear when you turn on your computer: It’s the most fundamental level of software there is on your machine, checking that all the system ...

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 ...