Big Tunda

So a few months ago I took my heatsink off, and I noticed that no booting would take place; not even BIOS. Eventually, after continuous and repetitive power ons and offs, it would occasionally work again. I then removed the heatsink again, and the CPU from the socket to inspect …

Who, what, or how is memory-mapped I/O and memory maps set up in computer systems for use? I will try and be as clear as possible, and I hope someone here has the knowledge to really understand what I'm asking thoroughly, and have some answer that's good enough to make …