I haven't upgraded since 2007 or so. After doing my usual ton of research, I have a questions about the availability of a separate Boot Menu outside the BIOS allowing changing boot order with entering ...

AMI BIOS uses the F8 key to invoke a boot drive menu. Pressing it during POST shows a list of available drives in order to select the boot device, whether the hard drive(s), CD, floppy, etc. Very ...

In the first article of this series, I explained the fundamentals behind the Libreboot free software BIOS project and why you might want to replace your BIOS with it. I followed up by describing how ...

If there’s a universal truth among computer users, it’s that all of them want their PC to start up faster. Nobody in the history of computing ever said, “Wow, I love this 2-minute wait between ...

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 ...