Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation that can start loading an OS in just under a second ...

Just built out a new desktop PC, or upgraded some key components? Getting to know these four key UEFI BIOS features will help you make sure everything’s running up to snuff. Years back, when a small ...

Just so that you should know that BIOS time is not new – it was only not enabled for all. What is the Last BIOS time? Technically it is the amount of time taken by the UEFI (BIOS) to initialize (POST) ...

The BIOS can be seen as a miniature operating system responsible for interfacing with the hardware. The portion of the BIOS that has the greatest effect on boot time is the boot code. This code, which ...

A computer's Basic Input Output System and Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor together handle a rudimentary and essential process: they set up the computer and boot the operating system. The BIOS ...

The user can go to BIOS settings by pressing the access BIOS settings key when the laptop starts up. The access BIOS settings key is a single key or a combination of keys which need to be pressed to ...

Connecting an external hard drive to a computer before turning on the system can confuse the device when loading the operating system. When a computer hangs after the BIOS splash screen while being ...

Just bought a new monitor to connect to our old Dell Optiplex 790 SFF 790 uSFF machine we have in the study. I used to connect the old monitor using VGA, it worked, now connecting the new monitor over ...

If Battlefield 6's Open Beta isn’t launching on your PC due to Secure Boot errors, you need to check and adjust some settings on your PC. This usually involves changing settings in your BIOS menu, ...

The Raspberry Pi development team has introduced a new boot menu feature that allows users to select their preferred boot device, similar to the functionality found in PCs. This enhancement provides ...

Hack #9 from PC Hacks by Jim Aspinwall (O’Reilly Media). You may be able to find a BIOS upgrade to work around that unhackable, squeaky-clean OEM BIOS. By this ...