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    Question about CMOS and BIOS

    Thanks for the help Andy, So the CMOS configuration chip does not copy anything to the BIOS (EEPROM). It just somehow let's the BIOS know what the system configuration is? I'm gussing that volatile memory does not lose it's information once power is lost, but that NVRAM will? Thanks for the...
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    Question about CMOS and BIOS

    I've always been one to confuse the CMOS and BIOS. From what I've read thus far, the CMOS is a configuration chip that the system "looks" to when it's first booting. In the CMOS setup interface, you can configure the hardware installed on the computer system. I'm wondering if anyone knows more...