HP Brio 83xx HP BRIO PC - Online Reference Guide, Not Orderable - Page 22
The BIOS in Your Computer, What Is the BIOS?, What Can I Do with, the BIOS?
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2 About Your BIOS The BIOS in Your Computer 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 ROM and is stored in a chip on the system board. A computer's BIOS is specific to that 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 the BIOS? HP Setup Program" on page 23 for more information about the Setup program. 22