Discover the built-in hardware tests that can extend the life of your laptop and save you from expensive repairs.

If your laptop cannot find the operating system, it usually displays a message such as No bootable device found or Insert boot media. This indicates a failure of the storage device (HDD or SSD) itself ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Usually, when you plug some RAM and a charger into a board, then press the power button, your board should boot up and eventually show the BIOS on the screen. However, there will be some caveats – ...

Until I upgraded my computer, I was struggling with this problem also: how to make my computer boot faster. It took ages for it to boot up, and as I later learned, it was because all of the programs I ...

Are you tired of your operating system dictating what you can and can’t do with your PC or laptop? Are you tired of your operating system dictating what you can and can’t do with your PC or laptop?

If after changing the CMOS battery your computer won’t boot, this article will help you fix the problem. CMOS battery provides continuous power to the BIOS chip. BIOS chip stores all the BIOS settings ...

You may never think about what your computer is doing for those few seconds of black screen before your operating system plays its friendly startup chime. That is, unless the BIOS hangs and the black ...

If when you perform the PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) boot on a Surface Laptop by pressing the power and volume-down buttons, the Windows logo may flash, but the PXE boot attempt fails, then ...