20 May 2012

ABOUT BIOS

HI,
lets know about BIOS.
its a short form of Basic Input/Output System.
System BIOS is a chip located on all motherboards that contain instructions and setup for how your system should boot and how it operates.
 The BIOS includes instructions on how to load basic computer hardware and includes a test referred to as a POST (Power On Self Test) that helps verify the computer meets requirements to boot up properly. If the computer does not pass the POST, you will receive a combination of beeps indicating what is malfunctioning within the computer.

In most of the PCs.the BIOS has 4 main functions i.e
1) POST:- test the computer hardware and make no errors exist before loading the operating system.

2) Bootstrap loader:- locates the operating system.if capable operating system is located,the BIOS will pass control to it.

3) BIOS driver:- low level driver that give the computer basic operational control over your computer's hardware.

4) BIOS and CMOS setup:- configuration program that allows you to configure hardware settings including system setting such as passwords etc.

There are some types of BIOS fine on BIOS type pages.

thank you :)

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