UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOOGY OF
INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRACION
CAPITAL REGION
ALTOS MIRANDINOS EXPASION

INFOGRAPICH

Author:
Claudia Molina
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Los Teques,March 2023

 BIOS

What is it?
The BIOS is a small computer
program, located on an
independent and autonomous
microchip, which contains the set
of useful instructions for booting
the PC (booting) and the
operating system

Basic functions
The BIOS system is also
responsible for managing the
flow of data between your
computer's operating system
and any devices connected to
it, including your hard drive,
keyboard, video adapter,
printer, or mouse.

Types
The BIOS and its specific application
have evolved in recent years, just
like the hardware/software of
computers. From the old BIOS in
ROM memories to the current UEFI
a and open source initiatives.

ROM BIOS
These are the first BIOS is used until
the 90s, recorded in a non-volatile
memory located on the motherboard
and called ROM that guaranteed
independence from the rest of the
hardware,

Shadow BIOS
It is that version of the BIOS loaded into
RAM through a process, known as
"BIOS Shadowing", which allows the
BIOS to use RAM instead of normal
ROM during the computer boot
process, this in order to improve the
overall performance of the PC.
 Flash BIOS
From the first BIOS on
reprogrammable memories of type
EPROM and EEPROM the natural
evolution have been the last Flash
BIOS, introduced in the mid-90s,
thanks to which it is possible to
update the BIOS comfortably

PnP BIOS (PnP-aware

BIOS)
By definition Plug and Play
BIOS is that Basic Input/Output
System that allows the
computer to directly and
automatically recognize an
external hardware device such
as a monitor, speakers, a
graphics card, a scanner or a
printer, assigning to each of
them the necessary system
resources.

BIOS EFI y UEFI

In 1998 Intel, manufacturer of microprocessors,
conceived the IBI project (Intel Boot Initiative),
successively called EFI (Extensible Firmware
Interface) that in 2005 was renamed UEFI (Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface) thanks to the
Unified EFI Forum. These new BIOS standards,
based on 32-bit and 64-bit architecture, promise
to drastically reduce operating system load time,
support instant startup and more user-friendly
graphical interfaces.

Coreboot y OpenBIOS
Open source initiatives related to
BIOS-type programs are led by
Coreboot, formerly called
LinuxBIOS, released under the
GNU GPL license and focused on
32/64-bit operating systems, and
OpenBIOS, an implementation of
Open Firmware for hardware
initialization.

Differences between
BIOS and CMOS
The BIOS is recorded in
non-volatile memory (ROM
or Flash), while the CMOS
data uses a battery-
powered RAM-type
memory chip.
 Why update BIOS?
The BIOS update will allow us to access a
series of advantages to improve the
operation of our computer, since not only
can we solve possible problems in the
operation of the motherboard, but it will also
allow us to add new features to the
motherboard.

Steps to update the

computer's BIOS

we must be clear that this

process is really necessary,
since otherwise we could be
significantly affecting the
operation of the PC.

Step 1
In principle, to begin the update process, we must
collect some information regarding our
motherboard.

Step 2

To do this, it is necessary to find out which

company has manufactured it, exact model of the
board and the version of the BIOS it uses, which is
usually presented as a combination of numbers
and letters.

Step 3
We will have to go to the official website of
the motherboard manufacturer, and there
look in detail for the download files of
updates of our BIOS

We will need a series of elements that will

allow us to access the BIOS update, an
application that is responsible for "flashing"
or recording the BIOS chip with its new
version, the binary file that will contain the
new BIOS and a Windows startup pendrive
with space for the two elements mentioned
above.