Any self-respecting computer scientist sooner or later came to the conclusion that he had not yet fully studied his computer, and that it would be great to learn more about BIOS (Basic Input-Output System). However, at the first attempts at acquaintance, it is completely incomprehensible - what to what and what to press. And experimenting here is quite dangerous. Well, first you need to consider the basic components of the system.
Instructions
Step 1
In order to avoid possible misunderstandings in the future, it should be borne in mind that the appearance of the BIOS main menu may differ from the standardized set of functions for different manufacturers. In order to get complete information about your BIOS version, you should refer to the instructions for using your video card - there is a special section describing not only the BIOS menu items, but also the principles of working with them.
Step 2
Most of the time, the main sections are the same everywhere. That is why it makes sense to consider only the basic, because it is impossible to consider all additional variations within the framework of one article.
Step 3
Standard CMOS Features (Standard CMOS Setup) - this section contains basic computer settings, such as time and date, information about CD / DVD drives, RAM installed in your PC. Also, in most cases, you can find the setting of the nature of the computer's response to errors that occur, and a number of additional information.
Step 4
Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Load BIOS Setup Defaults) - this menu item is used to set all settings to the default factory values. Those. roughly speaking, with these settings, you can be sure that everything is set up as it should and nothing will burn out.
Step 5
Load Optimized Defaults (Load High Performance) - when this item is selected, the computer will adjust the optimal operating parameters that do not violate the stability of the system. Those. in this case, compared to the previous example, everything will work faster.
Step 6
Advanced BIOS Features (BIOS Features Setup) - allows you to access advanced BIOS settings. Here you can set the order of loading, i.e. specify from which disk the system will start, as well as configure the chipset and cache memory. Often there are also settings for the parameters of the computer.
Step 7
Integrated Peripherals - the item is required to configure the built-in peripherals, which work through interaction with the south bridge.
Step 8
Advanced Chipset Features (Chipset features Setup) - configuring the motherboard chipset (otherwise - the chipset). This set is divided into two parts, called the north and south bridges. In our case, we are dealing with the north bridge, which exercises control over such PC components as RAM, processor, video system and many other devices.
Step 9
PnP / PCI Configurations - Helps to configure the distribution of resources between onboard peripherals. Only experienced tuners who know why this is necessary should change anything in this option. For the vast majority of cases, automatic resource allocation is sufficient.
Step 10
Power Management Setup - as the name implies, this menu item contains settings for the computer's power settings, as well as energy-saving modes for laptops. Very often at this point there is an option to determine the reaction of the computer to pressing the PC power button.
Step 11
Frequency / Voltage Control - serves to set the parameters of frequencies and voltage of the processor, RAM, video memory, chipset, etc. These characteristics should be treated with extreme caution, since an increase in voltage is accompanied by increased heating of a particular node. Moreover, in some cases, if the voltage and operating frequency are incorrectly set, the computer simply will not start.
Step 12
PC Health Status or H / W Monitor - contains indicators of various sensors installed on your computer. This includes temperature sensors that show the temperature of the processor and just inside the system unit, as well as sensors for determining the rotational speed of the fan blades.
