This specificity means that
even closely related models of PCs from the same manufacturer may have different
BIOS setups, because the computers have different motherboards. So you??™ll always
need to keep your wits about you while making changes in your PC??™s BIOS.
Even if your PC has a PhoenixBIOS or an AMIBIOS, use the examples in this project
as a means of getting an idea of what you need to do, not as specific instructions
to follow. And if the PC has a BIOS from a different manufacturer, use these examples
simply as an idea of what you??™ll need to look for in that BIOS.
To balance that bad news about the BIOS being specific to the motherboard, there??™s some good
news: Many modern computers have far fewer options in the BIOS than older computers had,
because manufacturers have whittled down the amount of hardware on the motherboard. This
is especially true of laptops, which typically are less expandable than desktops. For example, the
BIOS of a laptop designed to have only one hard drive and one optical drive doesn??™t suffer the
configuration anxieties that plague the BIOSes of most desktop computers, so the laptop BIOS
tends to have fewer options. On the downside, the laptop is less configurable??”but you knew
that when you bought it. On the upside, it??™s much easier to find those settings that you??™re
actually allowed to adjust.
Treat Your PC??™s BIOS Gently
Without the BIOS, your PC is a collection of (usually ugly) parts that do nothing.
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