Chapter 6
BIOS
Lab Exercises
6.02 Accessing BIOS Settings via the CMOS Setup Program
6.03 Configuring and Clearing CMOS Setup Program Passwords
6.04 Configuring BIOS Settings
Basic input/output services (BIOS) provide the primary interface between the operating system’s device drivers and most of its hardware. Although a modern BIOS is automated and tolerant of misconfiguration, a good PC technician must be comfortable with situations in which the BIOS may need some maintenance or repair.
A PC needs the BIOS to tell it how each basic component is supposed to communicate with the system. At the beginning of the PC revolution, many different manufacturers developed ...
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