What is the bios?

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Some owners of the computers only recently began to master the world of computing, may not even suspect that in addition to the operating system and various programs, which can be used to work (double click the mouse – installation – launch), there is a region of partially-available software codes. It is, of course, about BIOS (BIOS).

Let's see what the bios. To make it more clear, let's start with an example. Imagine an abstract computer on which you want to load the operating system vindovs. Include appropriate power cords to the outlet and press the system unit power button and ... nothing happens, because we don't know what is bios, on the motherboard. Think about where the computer can “know” that you need to start downloading it from your hard drive, and a certain? After all, you can boot from the flash drive, CD-ROM, even on a local network. Why Winchester? Therefore, we can assume that somewhere in the computer there is a software mechanism that allows you to specify where to start the download.

Guess is correct! Such really is. Here we come to the question of what bios. On any motherboard includes a special chip in which the plant entered a small control program. Its function, of course, not limited to only one choice of boot device.

The work of the computer is as follows: all components are powered on, their internal controllers are performing self-diagnostic tests and, if all goes well, put a bit of readiness. Next, control is passed to the firmware in the chip BIOS, it scans the bus for connected components and polls their status registers. Then the BIOS configures interrupts IRQ and DMA channels for all connected components. Also in accordance with SPD exhibited latency of the memory modules and the chipset. By the way, CAS can only be configured at this stage until the memory is not used. Now it became clear what is a bios?

When the detected problems, the algorithm stops and return the error message (it may be the inscription on the screen, or a coded beeping the system speaker).

The User can intervene in the BIOS, making adjustments: select the memory latency, the prohibition/activation of many of the installed components, the polling order of devices for booting the operating system. The changes due to the duty voltage of the batteries are on the Board. The basic part of the BIOS remains unchanged. To update you need to download from the website of the motherboard manufacturer's special tool and the appropriate firmware. With the old firmware program written in the chip is erased and in its place a new one is written. By the way, to get into the BIOS setup of the personal computer, you need to press the Del key immediately after turning on the system unit. After making the desired adjustments, do not forget to save them (menu exit). The BIOS on a laptop functions the same. The only difference is that the settings are much less than a full-fledged computer.

The inscription on the screen that appears when you turn – Award, Ami or Phoenix Technologies, indicates the types of BIOS. Although there are more, but computers are most often used these. The principle of operation is the same. The difference lies in the different structure of the menu sections, the number of available user settings, the implementation of the transmission load. In the BIOS gradually gives way to its ideological receiver – a UEFI system. In this innovation were revised many of the key features of BIOS. In principle, the name of the UEFI BIOS can only be applied with reservations.


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