ROM BIOS Review

1) List four system resouces that software uses to manage hardware.

2) What Windows 9x utility allows you to view the IRQ assignments made to devices?

3) What resource is stored in the conventional memory location in RAM?

4) Convert the heixedecimal code 9F2 to decimal.

5) How many IRQs are there in an ATX system?

6) Which IRQ is reserved for mainframe use?

7) Which IRQ is reserved for the keyboard?

8) What is PCI Sterring?

9) What is a DMA channel and what devices would probably use them?

10) What hexidecimal address does the ROM BIOS write to in RAM to instruct the CPU to run the POST test?

11) What does POST stand for?

12) What should you hear when a system has a succesful POST? What does this tell you in terms of checking the system?

13) Why is programming code that is stored in ROM BIOS sometimes copied to RAM? What is this process called?

14) What 3 DOS files must be loaded by the OS in order to perform a succesful boot up?

15) Name two ways to enter the CMOS setup on most computers?

16) What utility can you look in the Windows OS that will give you information about IRQs, I/O Memory Addresses, Memory Addresses and DMA’s?

17) What symbol in the above utility might you see if a device has a conflict?

18) What is the advantage of having Plug and Play BIOS?