A computer's motherboard serves as the backbone that ties its components and gathers them in one spot. The motherboard allows the components to go back and forth and communicate with one another.

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There are certain computer tasks that even professional technicians don't like tackling. For myself, one of the most nerve-wracking was updating a computer's BIOS. The BIOS is like a primitive ...