The Bios In Your Computer - HP Brio 8172 Online Manual

The BIOS in Your Computer

What Is the BIOS?
The BIOS
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It tests and configures the computer's hardware components during the
further configuration by using the Setup program.
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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
computer.
What Can I Do with
You can configure certain aspects of your computer by using the Setup program which is part of the BIOS. Refer to
the BIOS? HP Setup Program" on page 23
has two main roles:
ROM
for more information about the Setup program.
and is stored in a chip on the system board. A computer's BIOS is specific to that
The BIOS in Your Computer
POST at power on, and lets you perform
2 About Your BIOS
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