Intel is getting ready to kick legacy BIOS support to the curb, with future platforms taking full advantage of the UEFI Class 3, the most recent version of UEFI. That is already the case for many ...

When gamers put together their PCs or buy a prebuilt one from a system integrator, one of the settings that's easiest to miss is XMP or EXPO. XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) and EXPO (Extended Profiles ...

The whole purpose of dual-booting is to choose which OS you want to boot into. Traditionally, this is done in a clunky way, ...

Intel is working on a plan to remove so-called "last-mile" barriers to killing off legacy BIOS by requiring UEFI Class 3, which doesn't expose legacy BIOS interfaces. BIOS is the firmware that helped ...

Intel will drop support for the legacy BIOS technology in its modern client and server chipsets by 2020 when the company said its products would support only UEFI Class 3 or higher. This news comes ...

Hello all,<BR><BR>At work, I have a Dell GX110 which I regularly install and uninstall NICs on. I also use PXE booting on them. Currently, I have 2 NICs in it: on-board 3COM and an Intel. When I go to ...

Even if you’re rocking the most open of open-source operating systems, chances are your laptop isn’t really that “free,” betrayed by closed firmware binaries lurking deep within the hardware itself.