A neighbor asked me to wipe their PC hard drive so they could give the PC to a friend. I took my XP disc over, since they didn't have one, and tried to boot from the CDROM. Wouldn't do it. So I went ...

Hey there. Last night my system froze & when I rebooted I got this message: "Please re-setting CPU frequency in CMOS" I went into BIOS and made sure defaults were loaded then booted again. At the ...

The CMOS battery is an essential component of your PC that you're not likely to think about until it fails, but how long can you expect it to last?

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...

Not all computer troubleshooting can be handled within your operating system or by troubleshooting specific components. Some key computer functions are governed by the CMOS (Complementary ...

You can reset your BIOS in a few different ways, but they all have the same effect: They set all the BIOS settings back to their factory defaults. That means it ...

If it's possible to adjust a few BIOS settings to get better performance, that raises the question of why the manufacturer did not design the machine to default to the best possible BIOS settings. In ...

The CMOS battery is an often overlooked but crucial element. Hidden on the motherboard of your computer, it acts like an emergency power supply for the BIOS. When you disconnect your computer’s power ...

One buried BIOS toggle fixed my stuttering GPU, and four more saved my sanity.

We lock down our user accounts with passwords. But the BIOS often gets left unguarded. This vulnerability allows anyone with physical access to your PC to tamper with critical system settings. This ...

Optimizing server BIOS settings for a server's workload will help balance performance with cooling requirements. Few servers perform at their maximum possible levels, so they should not be run on ...