Resetting the BIOS data does not always clear a power-on password stored in the BIOS settings. Many computers store the password on a separate memory chip on the motherboard that can't be reset ...

A tiny BIOS chip lurks inside every computer, sitting on your motherboard to breathe life into your system when you press the power button. It not only powers your PC, but helps protect it, too ...

The ability to hack the BIOS chip at the heart of every computer is no longer reserved for the NSA and other three-letter agencies. Millions of machines contain basic BIOS vulnerabilities that let ...

For one reason or another, [Dragao] has an old Sonic The Hedgehog cartridge that throws an illegal instruction somewhere in the Marble Zone stage. While the cause of this illegal instruction is pro… ...

Oddly enough, Phoenix, which sells more than 100 million BIOS chips every year to makers of PC motherboards, started phasing out its limited-edition "PhoenixNet" version of the chip a few months ago.

How to know if BIOS chip is broken or not. Thread starter djm666; ... happened a month ago so I can't really remember all that I did to my computer between it crashing and me flashing my BIOS.