Not all computer troubleshooting can be handled within your operating system or by troubleshooting specific components. Some ...

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 ...

No one who assembles a PC or sets up a new computer can avoid the BIOS or UEFI. That’s where you define the basics, from the ...

Computer freezes often occur as a result of bad hardware or system settings. The BIOS, or Basic Input/Output System, menu is completely separate from the Windows operating system and contains all the ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed the first silicon-free computer using atom-thin materials. This breakthrough could reshape the future of electronics, paving the way for ultra-efficient, ...

QUESTION: When I start my computer it stays black on the monitor, but the PC just beeps, getting higher in pitch. Then it stops beeping and it does nothing - it is on but it just sits there until I ...

On your Windows 11 or Windows 10 system, you can easily check if your PC supports UEFI or BIOS and can boot into UEFI or BIOS firmware depending on your PC manufacturer. You can update BIOS if the ...

I refreshed Windows 10 but kept my files. Something weird happened after that. I had to set UEFI CSM compatibility to off, disable booting from all drives other than my NVMe OS drive, and then boot ...

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 ...

With the advent of quantum computing, the need for peripheral fault-tolerant logic control circuitry has reached new heights. In classical computation, the unit of information is a “1” or “0”. In ...

Every political eruption around the world--the Iranian elections; this week's riots in the Chinese city of Urumqi--quickly produces news stories about how Internet sites like Facebook and Twitter have ...