4-1. INTRODUCTION

FES7611

Fanless Embedded Controller comes with

Intel Celeron M ULV 1.0GHz Processor

4-1. INTRODUCTION

This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system. The FES-7611 Embedded PC is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Phoenix Award Software Inc. This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special features of your system. The following pages describe how to use the BIOS for system chipset Setup menu.

Your application programs (such as word processing, spreadsheets, and games) rely on an operating system such as DOS or OS/2 to manage such things as keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and memory.

The operating system relies on the BIOS (Basic Input and Output system), a program stored on a ROM (Read-only Memory) chip, to initialize and configure your computer's hardware. As the interface be- tween the hardware and the operating system, the BIOS enables you to make basic changes to your system's hardware without having to write a new operating system.

The following diagram illustrates the interlocking relationships between the system hardware, BIOS, operating system, and application program:

 

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