Hacker News with Generative AI: BIOS

Get PC BIOS back on UEFI only system (github.com/FlyGoat)
CSMWrap is a cool little hack that brings back the good old PC BIOS on those fancy-pants UEFI-only systems.

Hardware, BIOS, UEFI

181 points by bonki 12 days ago | 63 comments

Coreboot 25.03 Released with Support for 22 More Motherboards (phoronix.com)
For those looking to replace their proprietary BIOS with the open-source Coreboot on a supported platform or are already doing so, Coreboot 25.03 is out today to provide the newest capabilities for this open-source BIOS/firmware solution.

Open Source, BIOS, Firmware, Hardware, New Releases

5 points by LinuxBender 65 days ago | 0 comments

Dell L502X BIOS Update installer patching (r9c.net)
👋, I have an old Dell L502X (XPS 15) for purely nostalgic reasons. I first bought this laptop in ~2011 as a workhorse. The thing certainly has it's best days behind it.

Hardware, Laptops, BIOS, Updates

38 points by robingchan 150 days ago | 15 comments

Writing a BIOS bootloader for 64-bit mode from scratch (thasso.xyz)

BIOS, Bootloader, 64-bit, Programming, Operating Systems

260 points by D4ckard 328 days ago | 80 comments

UEFI, BIOS, and other confusing x86 PC (firmware) terms (utoronto.ca)

UEFI, BIOS, x86, Firmware, Computer Hardware

44 points by ingve 399 days ago | 8 comments

How to reenable undervolting in 2020 Dell Laptops by editing EFI variables (brendangreenley.com)

Hardware, Laptops, Dell, BIOS, Troubleshooting

62 points by hmm37 412 days ago | 16 comments