What is a computer bios? For users or computer technicians, the term BIOS is a word that is often mentioned, but if you do not understand the following, we will review the bios and what is the function and how it works in the computer system.
BIOS KEYWORDS
BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System which is a software written in a machine language that is basically created specifically to set up basic computer hardware functions.
The use of the BIOS itself has been created from a computer refinery and is embedded in a ROM memory or called CMOS (Complimentari Metal Oxide Semicounductor).
From the physical point of view CMOS is easy to know, the battery is small and placed inside the motherboard. The existence of CMOS batteries will be able to store the BIOS settings you have set such as date and time system information, boot device settings, startup settings and so on, so even if the computer is off, the settings will not be lost.
MAIN FUNCTION BIOS
As mentioned in the above paragraph, the BIOS has the main function to give instructions when the computer starts, this process is usually called the POST (Power On Self Test) used to start, set and identify the existence of hardware such as hard disk, cpu, memory, keyboard, ram, mouse and other hardware used by the computer.
HOW BIOS WORK
The BIOS will run the first time the computer is switched on, in the startup process, the BIOS will set and initialize the installed hardware and ensure that all the hardware is ready to run the operating system.
BIOS TYPES
- Award Software
- Award BIOS
- Phoenix BIOS
- Acer Labs
- LSI Logic dan lain-lain
BIOS MANUFACTURER
- Award BIOS
- Phoenix BIOS
- AMI Bios
HOW TO ENTER THE BIOS MENU
To insert BIOS settings do some configuration, we can usually do it by pressing the delete button, F2, F3 or F8 (according to the setup settings) at the time the computer is first switched on.
