BIOS and UEFI control the basic functions of the PC. Updating them is risky, but can bring important benefits.

Your computer's basic input/output system (BIOS) is about to become history and be replaced by Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) -- and that brings both advantages and problems. When you ...

BIOS is an abbreviation of 'Basic Input / Output System' and is the firmware stored in the ROM on the motherboard of the PC. When you boot your PC, the BIOS program written to the ROM boots, ...

I am aware of all the sources stating that UEFI replaces BIOS. And i'm aware that UEFI includes legacy mode. But this question is not about UEFI legacy mode. "A common misconception is that UEFI is a ...

UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a standard designed to replace the venerable PC BIOS. Does your system support UEFI yet? Watch out for those 3 Tbyte hard drives if you don't. UEFI ...

Intel is getting ready to kick legacy BIOS support to the curb, with future platforms taking full advantage of the UEFI Class 3, the most recent version of UEFI. That is already the case for many ...

As a pioneer in the BIOS industry, Phoenix Technologies has for many decades actively collaborated with hardware makers and silicon and OS vendors to develop optimal mobile computing devices and cloud ...

Even before the first personal computer appeared in 1984, BIOS technologies, which are needed to initialize hardware, test hardware functionalities and start the operating system, were already in use ...

Those who own and use computers of a fruitier nature have had UEFI BIOS’ for a while, in effect making this seem normal. However, in terms of us more other folk who like to build our own - we've been ...

Those frustrating boot-up moments while we wait an absolute age for our computers to load up are set to get somewhat shorter with the impending retirement of system BIOS. Despite now being a very old ...