Updating Your BIOS I need to upgrade my BIOS to run some new
hardware. How do I do it? The short answer: Very carefully. The
BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) is a small program stored in a
read-only memory (ROM) chip on your motherboard. The BIOS
controls all your computer's most basic interactions between
hardware and software. All modern computers have the BIOS
written in reprogrammable ROM, such as Flash ROM or (less
commonly) EEPROM. Computer makers provide updated versions of
the BIOS so users can download them as they are needed. The key
phrase here is as they are needed. Upgrading (also called
flashing) a BIOS is normally a relatively easy task, but if you
mess it up, you can render your computer completely inoperable
and there is no easy fix. The rule is, don't upgrade your BIOS
unless you really have to. You'll know that if you have software
that won't load or peripherals that don't operate correctly, if
at all. All that said, the actual process is not much different
from installing any other piece o