The Bios In Your Computer - HP Brio 8300 Online Manual

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, 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
computer.
What Can I Do with the
You can configure certain aspects of your computer by using the Setup program which is part of the BIOS. Refer to
BIOS?
HP Setup Program" on page 25
ROM and is stored in a chip on the system board. A computer's BIOS is specific to that
for more information about the Setup program.
2 About Your BIOS
The BIOS in Your Computer
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