A computer’s BIOS is filled with loads of weird and scary sounding options, and you might have come across a settings like “Launch CSM” and “Secure Boot”. Sometimes you might come across an article online suggesting that you disable CSM, either to speed up boot times or resolve certain hardware bugs. Unfortunately disabling CSM has … Read more
Over the past few months, my Windows PC has developed an annoying issue. Sometimes when I boot up, I launch a game or video editing program… and get hit by lag and performance stutters. I might just about get 1 FPS in Rocket League if I’m lucky! I then check Task Manager, and I notice … Read more
Something that has always annoyed me on Windows is just how difficult it makes playing sound. It should be simple. If you plug in headphones, it should play on there. If no headphones are plugged in, it should play through the monitor’s speakers. Simple. But it’s often not the simple, unfortunately. Windows gives you random … Read more
Drivers are vital pieces of software in your PC. Essentially, every bit of hardware that plugs into your computer needs a driver of some kind to work properly. Everything from gaming controllers to drawing tablets need drivers, but does your CPU need its down driver? Your CPU is designed to work without a driver, but … Read more
Ultimate? Performance? Balance? Picking a power setting shouldn’t feel like deciding between the character stats of the latest RPG. What’s the difference between these Ryzen power plans anyway? Ryzen offers three basic power plans: Balanced, High Performance, and Ultimate. Balanced works on saving energy and lowering heat, High Performance opens up the clock speed for faster … Read more
The CPU handles all of the basic math that makes every program and process on your PC work. While it can handle some intensive tasks, it shouldn’t always be high, or near 100% usage. So when it is at this point for extended periods of time, is there an obvious reason for it? Your CPU … Read more
It’s always been important to make sure that your operating system winds up on the right storage drive, but this has become an even bigger issue with the creation of high-speed solid state drives. Now you want to make sure that your operating system is on the drive that’s giving you peak performance, but these … Read more