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 ...

In this article, we’ll discuss how to reboot the system into BIOS or UEFI Firmware Settings. Windows 11/10 is designed to have a really fast boot time. In fact, it’s too fast to interrupt. Most of the ...

Traditionally, CPUs can access only about 128MB to 256 MB of the GPU's VRAM in a single call. But if you enable Smart Access Memory or Re-BAR, the CPU can access and use the entire VRAM in a go. So, ...

If you bought a pre-built desktop PC, it’s a safe bet that the manufacturer optimized the basic input/output system (BIOS) settings for the hardware in the box—though it never hurts to check them out ...

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 ...

You can reset your PC's BIOS settings to their factory defaults by selecting the Restore Defaults option within BIOS or by removing the CMOS battery from an unplugged computer for about five minutes.

Mini PCs tend to do well with their out-of-the-box settings, but sometimes you want to make a few tweaks for additional performance or stability. And like desktops and laptops, mini PC settings can be ...

Operating systems are designed to work on $200 laptops and $5,000 workstations and everything that comes in between, so you can count on their defaults to be a tad ill-suited. As you'd expect, Windows ...

As you probably know, BIOS stands for Basic Input-Output System. A PC's BIOS chip sets up internal parameters the computer must have before it can load the OS from its hard disk. In general, I try to ...