Central Piedmont Community College Bios Refresh
Published:
October 12, 2019
Category:
Design / Ideas
Client:
Central Carolina Community College
What took place
This was a PC refresh for Central Piedmont Community College. This refresh consisted of rebooting and updating the Bios in more than 400 computers on campus. The project was headed by Jerome Moore along with Charles Blanks.
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure.
It is: Try to please everybody.”
– Herbert Bayard Swope
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Process & Results
Your computer’s BIOS, short for Basic Input/Output System, is a critical part of how your hardware operates from its first day of use to the last. BIOS helps manage the various components that add up to a modern computer, providing a stable and consistent way for devices to start up.
When you turn your computer on, your BIOS essentially tests and activates everything it needs to start running. Once it finishes testing components, it sends a signal to your operating system to activate and then hands over responsibility for program operation to the CPU. With modern computers, the term BIOS and UEFI (short for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) are often used interchangeably to avoid confusion. The systems are comparable in purpose but differ in how they achieve the desired effect.
