The CMOS and BIOS setups are both specified in the system BIOS. Some computer manufacturers refer to this setup menu as the BIOS setup, while others refer to it as the CMOS setup. The difference ...

A program used to edit hardware settings in the BIOS of a PC. On earlier PCs, users had to change a setting when a new drive was added, but auto-detect features were later added. Although some ...

Ben has been testing and reviewing PC hardware and peripherals for over 12 years. He has a deep love and understanding of electronics in general. CMOS stands for Complementary ...

You can reset your PC's BIOS settings to their factory defaults by selecting the Restore Defaults option within BIOS or by removing the CMOS battery from an unplugged computer for about five minutes.

Most BIOS guides read like a server admin manual. They're chock-full of settings, abbreviations, and often lack context for what it means for you day-to-day. The good is that for most folks, there ...

If it's possible to adjust a few BIOS settings to get better performance, that raises the question of why the manufacturer did not design the machine to default to the best possible BIOS settings. In ...

I'm not exactly sure if its CMOS or BIOS, but i'm trying to learn that setup screen that you can access at the start of your computer boot up by pressing "Delete". I'm finding it very interesting ...

A neighbor asked me to wipe their PC hard drive so they could give the PC to a friend. I took my XP disc over, since they didn't have one, and tried to boot from the CDROM. Wouldn't do it. So I went ...