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2 About Your BIOS
The BIOS in Your Computer
The BIOS in Your Computer
What Is the BIOS?
The
BIOS
has two main roles:
•
It tests and configures the computer’s hardware components during the
POST
at power on, and lets you perform
further configuration by using the
Setup
program.
•
It provides the link between the software running on your computer, which has been written to be independent of any
particular computer, and your computer’s hardware (the hard disk, the keyboard, the display, and so on).
The BIOS is part of the System
ROM
and is stored in a chip on the system board. A computer’s BIOS is specific to that
computer.
What Can I Do with
the BIOS?
You can configure certain aspects of your computer by using the
Setup
program which is part of the BIOS. Refer to
“The
HP Setup Program” on page 23
for more information about the
Setup
program.
Summary of Contents for Brio 8172
Page 1: ...Online Reference Guide Online Guide Date Spring1998 HP PC ...
Page 8: ...8 Appendix AT Commands Basic AT Commands 68 Modem Response Messages 73 Glossary 77 Index 81 ...
Page 9: ...1 About Your Hardware ...
Page 21: ...2 About Your BIOS ...
Page 32: ...32 2 About Your BIOS How to Recover if Things Go Wrong ...
Page 33: ...3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories ...
Page 66: ...66 3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories Changing the Battery ...
Page 67: ...Appendix AT Commands ...
Page 80: ...Glossary 80 ...
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