What the hell is bios?

Question

The graphics card you are looking for might be an "onboard" one.
Enter the bios and deactivate the onboard graphics there.
After that check the system configuration to find out if there really is only one card left.

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Where do i go to get to Bios?

Answer 1

To get to BIOS try typing in these keys or combinations on the keyboard

>>delete

>>F2

>>Shift

These apply for most motherboards.While turning on the computer check at the bottom of the screen for instructions.Typically it would be something like 'Press <> to enter setup'.You could consult your motherboard manual as well.

Answer 2

"Acronym for basic input/output system, the built-in software that determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. On PCs, the BIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen, disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions.

The BIOS is typically placed in a ROM chip that comes with the computer (it is often called a ROM BIOS). This ensures that the BIOS will always be available and will not be damaged by disk failures. It also makes it possible for a computer to boot itself. Because RAM is faster than ROM, though, many computer manufacturers design systems so that the BIOS is copied from ROM to RAM each time the computer is booted. This is known as shadowing.



Many modern PCs have a flash BIOS, which means that the BIOS has been recorded on a flash memory chip, which can be updated if necessary.



The PC BIOS is fairly standardized, so all PCs are similar at this level (although there are different BIOS versions). Additional DOS functions are usually added through software modules. This means you can upgrade to a newer version of DOS without changing the BIOS.



PC BIOSes that can handle Plug-and-Play (PnP) devices are known as PnP BIOSes, or PnP-aware BIOSes. These BIOSes are always implemented with flash memory rather than ROM."

Answer 3

BIOS - Basic Input Output System the built-in software that determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. On PCs, the BIOS contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen, disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions.



http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/BIOS.html

Answer 4

When you boot your computer, you need to hit a key to enter the BIOS set up. BIOS is programmed code on your motherboard. You can fiddle with it but recommend you don't. Someone else can help you here...



From within the BIOS menus, you should be able to determine if your motherboard chipset has integrated graphics and you potentially can disable it from the BIOS. Again depends on the BIOS code, the motherboard, the chipset, etc.

Answer 5

When your computer starts up at the very beginning hit DEL or F2 for F8 it's one of those on most computers. THE bios is the software that runs on the motherboard it's self. If your computer is old I would upgrade it as well. However if you have a power outage while doing the update it can be a real mess to reflash.

Answer 6

when your computer starts for the first time it will count the ram and tell you how to get into the BIOS often by pressing escape or some other key

Answer 7

idk



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