The BIOS Setup Utility is accessed in various ways depending on your computer or motherboard make and model. How To Use BIOS: BIOS contains a number of hardware configuration options that can be changed through the setup utility. Saving these changes and restarting the computer applies the changes to the BIOS and alters the way BIOS instructs the hardware to function. Here are some common things you can do in most BIOS systems: Change the Boot Order Load BIOS Setup Defaults Remove a BIOS Password Create a BIOS Password Change the Date and Time Change Floppy Drive Settings Change Hard Drive Settings Change CD/DVD/BD Drive Settings View Amount of Memory Installed Change the Boot Up NumLock Status Enable or Disable the Computer Logo Enable or Disable the Quick Power On Self Test (POST) Enable or Disable the CPU Internal Cache Enable or Disable the Caching of BIOS Change CPU Settings Change Memory Settings Change System Voltages Enable or Disable RAID Enable or Disable Onboard USB Enable or Disable Onboard IEEE1394 Enable or Disable Onboard Audio Enable or Disable Onboard Floppy Controller Enable or Disable Onboard Serial/Parallel Ports Enable or Disable ACPI Change the ACPI Suspend Type Change the Power Button Function Change Power-on Settings Change Which Display is Initialized First on Multi-Display Setups Reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) Enable or Disable BIOS Control of System Resources Change Fan Speed Settings View CPU and System Temperatures View Fan Speeds View System Voltages BIOS Availability: All modern computer motherboards contain BIOS software. BIOS access and configuration on PC systems is independent of any operating system because the BIOS is part of the motherboard hardware. It doesnt matter if a computer is running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Linux, Unix, or no operating system at all - BIOS functions outside of the operating system environment and is no way dependent upon it.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 05:21:23 +0000
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