THE BIOS
Tatiana Andrea Méndez Perea Fabian Eduardo Oliva Amezquita Support of Systems, Group. 02N08.
TABLE OF CONTENT Bios Tasks of the BIOS Have the same BIOS all the basic plates? Functionality of the configuration of the Bios Setup Of the Bios Surroundings of the Bios 1. Main 2. Advanced 3. Security 4. Power 5. Boot 6. Intel ® ME 7. Exit
BIOS: Lto Bios is an element that forms part of the chipset and therefore it finds on the basic plate, also can consider like a program that already is installed in the computer. Physically the BIOS is not more than a small chip that active when you press the button of lit.
Tasks of the Bios: The first that does is a checkup of all the components of hardware. If it finds some failure, commissions to warn you through a message in screen, or by means of the “traditional “” pitidos of alarm. Lately, some manufacturers of basic plates have incorporated also a game of luminous indicators that show the phase of the comprobación of the BIOS, and that allows to diagnose when produces the error. This test calls “POST” (Power On Self Test, Car Comprobación when Connecting). Afterwards it configures the components of the team. For example, it awards the interrupcionis to the cards of expansion. Afterwards, the PC issues a tone to indicate that there are not failures. Finally, the BIOS directs to the sector MBR and initiates the load of the operating system.
Have the same BIOS all the basic plates?: No, the manufacturers of basic plates limit generally to buy the core or adjust the configuration of the BIOS to his basic plates. A type of BIOS adjusts only, therefore, to a determinate type of basic plate. The main distributors of BIOS are the American signatures Phoenix, manufacturer of the “PhoenixBIOS”, and “Award-BIOS”, and AMI (“AMI-BIOS”). The majority of the computers of nowadays are endowed of a BIOS Award.
Functionality of thec onfiguración of the Bios: The form in that you configure the BIOS determines how will do his work this program. Like this you can specify, for example, from which unit of storage goes to load the operating system. Also it is possible to check which processor is “punctured” in your computer and specify his frequency of work, or can configure the saving of energy. The form to configure the BIOS varies of some computers to others.
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Setup Of the BIOS: To open the Setup of configuration of the BIOS have to rush you and be very pending when you light your computer. An instant after lighting it, will see in the inferior part of the screen, under lyou warnings of the BIOS, the message. It is now when you have to tighten the key “andsc” (if you see a different message, or does not appear at all, reads the instructions at the end of this recuadro). The computer shows then the main menu of the Setup. If you have protected it with a password, have to enter it and presionar the key “enter”. Now, it uses the keys of the arrows, up, down, right and left to displace you by the menu until highlighting in red the line that wish to modify. In the majority of the versions of the BIOS can do that they show the possibilities of configuration for each option of the main menu. In this way, when you press “enter” will access to a new submenú. You can “hojear” the options disponibles in each section by means of the key “Repag” and “Avpag”, as well as with the keys “+” or “-“ of the keypad. With the key F7 can load the parameters of configuration predefinidos for each submenú. Presionando F6 will load the safe “options”, no optimised. If you fear to have committed some error, the key F5 “will do that it go back to the previous situation, before having modified at all in the submenú. Presionando The key “andsc” close the submenú and return to the main menu. Once in him, it employs the key “z” not to save the changes. But if you want to conserve them, erasing thec onfiguración previous, tightens F10 and afterwards the key”enter”. In some computers will see an image (generally, the logo of the manufacturer) after the start. If you want to see the messages of the BIOS, presses the key with the two dates, (the one who is on of the key Blog Mayus). Finally, a warning. The key that have to presionar to open the Setup depends on the installed version. In the majority of the computers is “Supr”. If it does not work, you can test any of the following: F1, F2, Ctrl S, Ctrl Alt S, Ctrl Alt esc, Ctrl Alt Inser.
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Surroundings of the Bios: The following surroundings is based of a virtual simulation of the Bios in which it knows that it is a version of Intel.
1. Main: In this window “ Main” or main, will visualise information referred to the hardware as it is it for example, the type of processor, the speed, the version of the Bios, among others appearances.
The information translated is the following:
Main Bios Version… CO96510J.86To.6088.2008.120 1.0056 Type of processor… Intel ® Pentium ® D CPU 3.40GHz Intel ? EM64T Capable SW Way of an alone processor… Inhabilitar Speed of the processor…3,40 GHz Speed of the bus of the system…800 GHz Speed by heart of the system…800GHz
Memory caché L2… 2x 2048 KB Total memory…512 MB Way by heart… Monocanal Channel by heart To Slot 0… No Goinstalled back to the table of content Channel by heart To Slot 1… No installed Channel by heart To Slot 0… No installed Channel by heart To Slot 1… No installed
2. Advanced: The window prosiguiente is called “Advanced” or advanced, here will find peripheral configurations, start, among others.
Information translated: Advanced Configuration of start Configuration of peripherals Configuration of the unit Configuration of diskette Configuration of register of events Configuration of video The control of the fan The monitory of hardware Configuration of group of chips Configuration of USB
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3. Security: To continuation, will see the screen of security, in this will be able to add a password of user, a password of supervisor, among others subjects.
Information translated: Security Password of the No installed… supervisor Password of user… No installed It put the password of the supervisor Establish password of user Text of the card of expansion… Inhabilitar Intrusion in the chassis… Inhabilitar Technology XD… Inhabilitar
4. Power:
In another window, have to our disposal “Can” that it allows us handle the current of the computer, between other options:
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Information translated: Can After a cut of common… Keep moved away; In LAN from S5…Lit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep?... Enable Technology System of trail of S5… Deshabilitado
5. Boot: The window Boot or start allows to choose the start of the computer by means of other devices as USB, optical units and other factors.
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Information translated: Start Type of menu of start… Advanced Order of unit of start… Maxtor 33073Or4 MATSHITA CR-594 Start to optical devices… WENT GE Slot 00C8 Start to devices extraíbles… Deshabilitar Start to the network… Deshabilitar Carrier USB... Deshabilitar Type of emulation ZIP… Flexible First it start devices USB… Deshabilitar Massive storage USB… Car Type of emulation
6. Intel ® ME: The following window, Intel ® ME, offers us different types of configurations.
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Information translated: Intel ® ME: Intel? Configuration of the engine of management Intel? Active configuration of the technology of management Configuration of the virtual device Change Intel? Password of the engine of management
7. Exit: As last available window in the Bios, will find “Exit” or go out, in which we will be able to load, save and go out like own selection.
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The information translated: Go out Go out saving changes Go out descartando the changes Load optimum predetermined values Load personalised predetermined values Save personalised predetermined values Descartar The changes.
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