This was my thought process until a few weeks ago, when I was messing around in my BIOS and had to clear the CMOS. After ...

When a computer boots up, the MSI motherboard BIOS is controlling the boot process -- it checks power, CPU, RAM and devices attached to the system, which is called the POST (or Power On Self Test) ...

MSI is overhauling the BIOS interface for its new Intel and AMD gaming motherboard designs, and the first preview screenshots look much cleaner and smarter than the company's previous efforts. The new ...

Intel ME, AMT, SMT, V-Pro… All of these acronyms are kind of intimidating, all we know about them is that they are tied to remote control technologies rooted deep in Intel CPUs, way deeper than even ...

Overclocking is a way to supercharge your PC, stretching its capabilities beyond the manufacturer's intended limits. Successful overclocking requires making changes to the PC's BIOS settings to change ...

CPU Virtualization is a hardware feature found in all current AMD & Intel CPUs that allows a single processor to act as if it was multiple individual CPUs. This allows an operating system to more ...

Four new motherboards in a new family are the inaugural components, which include the Socket AM5-based B850 Rock Wi-Fi and ...

AVX stands for Advanced Vector Extensions. It is a set of CPU instructions designed to speed up complex CPU tasks. Many games require the AVX instruction set to function properly. Therefore, if AVX is ...

The screen went black, then nothing. The notification in my task tray suggested a driver update, and I had some time, so I acquiesced. This particular alert prompted me to update the BIOS, and the ...