Keeping your PC up to date isn’t just about installing the latest Windows updates. Hardware drivers and motherboard firmware (BIOS or UEFI) play a big role in system stability and security. While ...

As the true heart of your computer, the motherboard contains the interfaces for your hard drives, RAM, processor and other devices, and in some cases also contains video circuitry and on-board network ...

BIOSTAR today announced the availability of the SMART UPDATE utility tool, which allows users to update their BIOS and critical motherboard drivers without difficulty. In addition to initially ...

Say it with me: Finally. EVGA is bucking the trend and embracing the new normal by shipping the drivers for its new motherboards on a tiny flash drive instead. “No more driver DVDs in future EVGA ...

In computer terminology, a device driver is a set of files that tells a piece of hardware how to function by communicating with a computer’s operating system. In this post, we discuss what is a ...

Ed: The following is a guest post by Ars CPU & Mobo forum guru Hat Monster. The post is based on an excellent thread on the same topic, which everyone who’s contemplating a motherboard swap should ...

The motherboard is probably the most complex PC component to upgrade, but modern operating systems and standards have taken much of the pain out of swapping in a new one. (Even so, ancillary issues ...

Friend asked me to possibly uppgrade her PC used in her graphic design bussiness. It's some sort of AMD athlon 64 system running windows 7 loadded with graphic design software. She doesn't want to ...