A couple of weeks ago, [Doug Brown] bought a Ryzen motherboard, advertised as “non-working” and discounted accordingly. He noticed that the seller didn’t test it with any CPUs old enough to be ...

Apparantly my BIOS can't handle drives over 34GB so need to upgrade BIOS before i can use my lovely new 80GB HDD.<BR><BR>BiosWizard reveals the following info:-<BR><BR>Manufacturer: Award Modular BIOS ...

I have bought a AMD Phenom II x4 965 CPU, and in the next month or so I am gonna get a ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 motherboard to put it into (along with some other "stuff" of course). I looked at ...

AMD graphics cards are no stranger to BIOS modifications to “unlock” previously unsupported functionality. Back in April, we reported of enthusiasts flashing Radeon RX 480 GPUs with the BIOS from the ...

VIA's upcoming VT8237S south-bridge will implement a serial bus that will allow easy BIOS flashing for the likes of system integrators and motherboard manufacturers. Generally speaking, there are two ...

Updating your BIOS is different from updating Windows or installing a new driver. It’s a low-level firmware update for your motherboard and if something goes wrong during the process, you could be ...

If you recently bought an AMD Radeon RX 480 or 470, only to now be feeling pangs of RX 500 series envy, you might be able apply a DIY solution. There are reports by several TechPowerUp forum members ...

It’s been topic of discussion with pretty much any AMD Radeon releases, can a cheaper product in the same range use a BIOS from its bigger brother? For Vega is was clear from the get-go that flashing ...

Given the steady trickle of BIOS-related questions that I get via email, I think that it's time for a post to demystify BIOS updates and the role they have in keeping your PC in tip-top condition.

TL;DR: Flashing the BIOS of a Radeon RX 9070 with the RX 9070 XT BIOS can increase boost clock speeds and power limits, enhancing performance by about 15%. However, this modding is risky, with ...