If you have ever had to fix a modern desktop motherboard, you might have noticed that the BIOS (UEFI) SPI flash is 1.8V – which means you can no longer use a Raspberry Pi or a CH341 adapter directly, ...

MSI has now launched its new AMD 400 series Motherboards with 256Mb BIOS Chips after installing many of its AMD 400-series chipset motherboards 128 Mbit 16MB SPI flash ROM chips instead of larger 256 ...

There are certain computer tasks that even professional technicians don't like tackling. For myself, one of the most nerve-wracking was updating a computer's BIOS. The BIOS is like a primitive ...

I'm hoping someone still has this information squirreled way in the basement or attic of their brain. I have three motherboards from the Pentium MMX/Pentium II era. Two are Chips and Technologies that ...

Among many other descriptors, we could arguably call the last year one of hardware being pushed to the point of failure—think Intel CPU crashes, melting RTX 50-series power cables, and dying AMD Ryzen ...

Modern CPUs are capable of squeezing as much performance as they safely can out of the box, but that potential heavily depends on not just temperature, but also how your motherboard's BIOS is ...

Why it matters: While Windows Update can automatically push some firmware updates, there are situations where manual action is required. Thankfully, motherboard makers are working to streamline this ...

If you’re lucky enough to have one of AMD’s screaming new X3D CPUs designed from the ground up to boost gaming performance, you might want to check your motherboard’s manufacturer for a new BIOS ...