MSI MS-9282- User Manual

MSI MS-9282

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Operation; CPU reset
  • Page 4 – Search for option ROM modules; Boot process
  • Page 6 – Boot environment
  • Page 7 – Extensions
  • Page 8 – Operating system services
  • Page 9 – Processor microcode updates; Identification
  • Page 10 – Configuration; Setup utility
  • Page 11 – Hardware
  • Page 12 – Vendors and products
  • Page 14 – Security
  • Page 15 – Alternatives and successors
  • Page 16 – See also
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BIOS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In IBM PC compatible computers, the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS, also known as System
BIOS, ROM BIOS or PC BIOS (/ˈbaɪ.ɒs/)) is a de facto standard defining a firmware interface.

[1]

The name originated from the Basic Input/Output System used in the CP/M operating system in
1975.

[2][3]

The BIOS software is built into the PC, and it is the first software run by a PC when

powered on.

The fundamental purposes of the BIOS are to initialize and test the system hardware components, and
to load a bootloader or an operating system from a mass memory device. The BIOS additionally
provides an abstraction layer for the hardware, i.e. a consistent way for application programs and
operating systems to interact with the keyboard, display, and other input/output devices. Variations in
the system hardware are hidden by the BIOS from programs that use BIOS services instead of directly
accessing the hardware. MS-DOS (PC DOS), which was the dominant PC operating system from the
early 1980s until the mid 1990s, relied on BIOS services for disk, keyboard, and text display functions.
MS Windows NT, Linux, and other protected mode operating systems in general ignore the abstraction
layer provided by the BIOS and do not use it after loading, instead accessing the hardware components
directly.

BIOS software is stored on a ROM chip on the motherboard. It is specifically designed to work with
each particular model of computer, interfacing with various devices that make up the complementary
chipset of the system. In modern computer systems, the BIOS contents are stored on flash memory so
that the contents can be rewritten without removing the chip from the motherboard. This allows BIOS
software to be easily upgraded to add new features or fix bugs, but can make the computer vulnerable
to BIOS rootkits.

BIOS technology is in transitional process toward the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
since 2010.

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Contents

1 History
2 BIOS user interface
3 Operation

3.1 CPU reset
3.2 POST
3.3 Search for option ROM modules
3.4 Boot process

3.4.1 Boot priority
3.4.2 Boot failure
3.4.3 Booting optical media

3.5 Boot environment

4 Extensions

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Summary

Page 3 - Operation; CPU reset

mid-1990s, it became typical for the BIOS ROM to include a "BIOS configuration utility" or "BIOSsetup utility", accessed at system power-up by a particular key sequence. This program allowed theuser to set system configuration options, of the type formerly set using DIP switches, thr...

Page 4 - Search for option ROM modules; Boot process

every PC and clone.) If the download was apparently successful, the BIOS would verify a checksumon it and then run it. [8] This feature was intended for factory test or diagnostic purposes. While it was of limited utility outside of factory or repair facilities, it could be used in a proprietary way...

Page 6 - Boot environment

would only boot from the first floppy disk drive or the first hard disk drive, even if there were twodrives of either type installed. All more advanced boot priority sequences evolved as incrementalimprovements on this basic system. A little-known feature of the original IBM BIOS versions is that be...

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