BIOS is a term you must have heard often. In fact, it’s possible that for most of your hardware issues, the IT person may have suggested a BIOS upgrade before troubleshooting the hardware.

A computer's basic input/output system—or BIOS—lives in a small chip on the motherboard, and manages the most basic instructions that operate your computer.It allows the PC to power on, boot ...

Here’s how it works. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) is essential low-level software on one of the motherboard chips. It's responsible for basic operations, such as booting and configuring ...