BIOS and UEFI As Fast As Possible

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2015
  • What fundamental things does a computer BIOS do, and what are the important differences between the traditional BIOS and the newer UEFI?
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  • @thoughte2432
    @thoughte2432 5 років тому +1059

    "If you can smash it with a hammer it's hardware, but if you can only swear at it in futility, it's software" - instant like

    • @Klonoa1488
      @Klonoa1488 Рік тому +11

      If you can do both things to it, it's firmware

    • @Namrec_Molai
      @Namrec_Molai 11 місяців тому +1

      @@freakyplory5721 come on...
      Dont ruin the joke

    • @mevaser770
      @mevaser770 2 місяці тому

      Great way of explaining it lol.
      Thanks for putting this video together. I learned something new todsy

  • @Spoudey
    @Spoudey 4 роки тому +684

    *opens hard drive*
    “Wait, you can’t smash software?”

    • @imjonalith526
      @imjonalith526 4 роки тому +11

      By hammer

    • @josef596
      @josef596 4 роки тому +28

      You can smash the hardware to get to the software.

    • @BetalerIkkeSkatt
      @BetalerIkkeSkatt 3 роки тому +4

      Fuck you made the joke before me. Oh well i wont delete it

    • @greene8595
      @greene8595 3 роки тому +4

      Big brain moment

    • @CaptainEuropa98
      @CaptainEuropa98 2 роки тому

      Well if you opened that hard drive it will kinda *smash* it for you if you know what I mean

  • @fendoroid3788
    @fendoroid3788 7 років тому +2422

    UEFI Champions League.

    • @meir0n
      @meir0n 5 років тому +19

      Messi!!!

    • @megamind8359
      @megamind8359 5 років тому +89

      Messi the cpu and Ronaldo the graphics card 😂😂😂😂

    • @bleron_26
      @bleron_26 5 років тому +1

      Lol

    • @bleron_26
      @bleron_26 5 років тому +13

      Geralb Aliu “AND MO SALAH THE USB”

    • @neth4x
      @neth4x 4 роки тому +2

      lol

  • @benwillis5566
    @benwillis5566 5 років тому +166

    UEFI... we were calling this "Yoo-fee" at my job.

    • @aretard7995
      @aretard7995 5 років тому +3

      *You-fee

    • @oldchannelprojectpowerpoin4118
      @oldchannelprojectpowerpoin4118 4 роки тому +6

      @@aretard7995 I say "oofie" but in IPA it's "ooh-effie"

    • @alechenson521
      @alechenson521 4 роки тому

      I say you-if-ee

    • @Fif0l
      @Fif0l 4 роки тому +2

      Where did you work? I want to know where to crash in with my trap car, because this is blasphemy.

    • @fernandocasillasjr
      @fernandocasillasjr 4 роки тому +1

      If you're a fan of Final Fantasy 7, it's pronounced Yuffie.

  • @JazzBarista
    @JazzBarista 8 років тому +960

    Usually the "as fast as possible" videos are loaded with new information and I like them. This video spent way too much time explaining a traditional BIOS and barely touched on UEFI.

    • @jeevan554
      @jeevan554 4 роки тому +10

      true

    • @fliqpythekiller9950
      @fliqpythekiller9950 4 роки тому +29

      Nobody uses uefi that's why

    • @cm01
      @cm01 4 роки тому +97

      That's because it's the same exact thing with a different name as far as any consumer is concerned.

    • @bubblegum2445
      @bubblegum2445 4 роки тому +75

      ... because the UEFI is BIOS evolved...

    • @mrmikes4553
      @mrmikes4553 4 роки тому +80

      Well, you can't get any better in explaining the bios and UEFI basic concept on how Linus explained it. Linus's only job was to tell you the concept on how the bios works. If you want to know how to set up detailed bios or UEFI settings. Go and put on your reading glasses. Find and open up the MB manual and start reading the bios section of the manual. Stop crying like a little baby

  • @robertwilliams204
    @robertwilliams204 8 років тому +674

    I don't care what anyone says, I'm going to still call the UEFI the BIOS. I've been saying for over 10 years, not stopping now.

    • @robertwilliams204
      @robertwilliams204 8 років тому +37

      bob bobq sorry bro im lazy

    • @nicolesweely6019
      @nicolesweely6019 8 років тому +7

      +Robert Williams I prefer to call it UEFI if my boot disk is GPT. BIOS if not, even if UEFI is booting the MBR disk.

    • @eddyecho
      @eddyecho 6 років тому +23

      Industry insiders and people in the know still call it the bios as well.

    • @Mi_Fa_Volare
      @Mi_Fa_Volare 6 років тому

      Same here. Had quite a discussion with a shop assistant.

    • @kinglaw2011
      @kinglaw2011 6 років тому

      lol i hear you man !!!myself I dont know why I still call it BIOS

  • @the_plague99
    @the_plague99 6 років тому +12

    This dude makes everything much more easy to understand, like the teacher I wish I had at school

  • @aeebeecee3737
    @aeebeecee3737 4 роки тому +26

    UEFI: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. Thanks

  • @landocalrissian5613
    @landocalrissian5613 8 років тому +400

    1:15 when the bios are just right

  • @IWTBFOY
    @IWTBFOY 8 років тому +713

    Can you do one on the actual BIOS setttings too?

    • @IWTBFOY
      @IWTBFOY 8 років тому +43

      Okay. But it's an important aspect of building a computer right? I have no idea what a lot of the settings in my bios means and it would be useful to know for overclocking. If he can't do AFAP maybe he can do one on his main channel.

    • @sacredvolt69
      @sacredvolt69 8 років тому +18

      +Victor Nguyen I don't usually refer people to the RTFM rule, but in this case your motherboard manual probably does have a section on bios and what the settings do.

    • @IWTBFOY
      @IWTBFOY 8 років тому

      Awesome I'll check it out.

    • @lordfurion3661
      @lordfurion3661 8 років тому +2

      +Victor Nguyen google

    • @cleetose
      @cleetose 8 років тому +13

      +Victor Nguyen For just basic computer usage, the only thing you really need to mess with in the BIOS/UEFI is the boot order. For overclocking, your best bet is to search UA-cam for overclocking guides. Linus has some as well as many other popular PC centric channels.

  • @benriful
    @benriful 5 років тому +23

    For the harddrive stuff ... I'm sure you meant GPT vs MBR. You can actually boot on a legacy BIOS system into a GPT disk much larger than 2TB. UEFI has nothing to do with that, it's a means of having better controls over newer hardware like PCIe.
    UEFI itself doesn't define the partition table on the disk. That's after the BIOS/UEFI started, once it's read the disk's first sector. Then either MBR or GPT tells it where to go to find each partition on that drive - in order to search for a bootable partition.
    GPT did become more standard around the same time UEFI became standard. And older BIOS systems did have incompatibilities with it, though not newer variants. If you have a UEFI system (very likely if your computer is from within 5 years), then it can make use of both MBR and GPT drives. If your computer is an old legacy BIOS from more than 10 years ago, it might not be able to use GPT. But in between those the BIOS (even if non-UEFI or a UEFI set to legacy mode) both MBR and GPT would work fine - a bit fuzzy cut-off as the motherboard supplier needed to adjust some things to make it work.

    • @User-je7gf
      @User-je7gf 7 місяців тому

      Man invented GPT disks 3 years before GPT was born

    • @One.Zero.One101
      @One.Zero.One101 7 місяців тому +1

      Yeah this video didn't really explain UEFI. I haven't seen a single video on UA-cam that really explains what it does.

  • @PrithvirajDJaguar
    @PrithvirajDJaguar 4 роки тому +9

    Techquikie is a very good channel. I know most of the things they show, but still I love to watch their videos because of 2 reasons : 1. There can be something which I might not know, on every topic. 2. Linus hosts in these videos. I love Linus

  • @psp785
    @psp785 8 років тому +631

    remember when we had to use ribbon cables and place the pins behind our hard drives

    • @Saithene
      @Saithene 8 років тому +33

      +psp785 i miss IDE

    • @lightningstrike4680
      @lightningstrike4680 8 років тому +32

      +FunWithTreason eh Sata is way better cuz if you have extras then you can strangle people with it :) try doing that with ur pata.

    • @SheldeniHardware
      @SheldeniHardware 8 років тому +40

      +psp785 One second, need to change my drive back to master

    • @Siknik64
      @Siknik64 8 років тому +2

      +psp785 I hated IDE. The Molex connectors on those were always a disaster to work with because if for whatever reason you put the power connector on wrong, it would fry your hard drive.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 8 років тому +33

      +Siknik64 Never had that problem because all the molex connectors I've ever use have been keyed with the angled corners, would only go in one way, you really must have forced one in to get it the wrong way.

  • @Ferro_Giconi
    @Ferro_Giconi 8 років тому +17

    The blue screen days of bios were the good days. They all had quick and easy controls where I could mash the correct keys in the correct order very quickly to browse through every setting in no time at all. Then came the fancy animated graphic BIOS. Many things now require extra keyboard key presses, take longer to respond, or in one very odd case I found, actually required a mouse to access some settings.
    I'd be enthralled if I could have those old blue BIOS screens back. I hate it when "upgrades" are actually downgrades that make something slower and/or more clunky for no good reason.

    • @adilatif8345
      @adilatif8345 9 місяців тому +1

      I have used uefi that looked like bios, that’s the best version

    • @RicardoLuna
      @RicardoLuna 6 місяців тому

      UEFI is not just BIOS+GUI+Big Storage support. In reality it's a giant piece of bloatware. It's increases the system attack surface with the OS unable to mitigate it (and yes, there is malware for UEFI and your vendor probably will never patch the vulerability).
      Furthermore, UEFI is a Microsoft standard and it's not sandboxed. So now, Windows Update will not only ruin your OS, it can also break your firmware.

    • @etooamill9528
      @etooamill9528 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@RicardoLuna oh so many times i had to reinstall grub because i had to hop on windows 5min and it fucking deleted the linux boot from the boot options

  • @BenderdickCumbersnatch
    @BenderdickCumbersnatch 4 роки тому +4

    Not sure about modern computers. But in the past, the BIOS chip was directly connected to the address pins of the CPU. The power button sent a signal to power on the CPU. The CPU read the 1st address (whose data comes directly from the BIOS chip). Then the CPU executes those instructions.
    In other words, the BIOS is the first code the CPU runs when it is powered on...
    And that code dealt woth some quick hardware checking and then searching for a bootable drive.
    If a bootable drive was found the BIOS starts executing the code stored in the drive's boot sector (which is stuff like the windows loader).
    So that is how a pile of metal was able to boot at all: The CPU starts by reading and executing the BIOS code, and without that BIOS code (the "first instructions" telling the CPU what to do), it wouldn't be possible to make the computer start at all.

  • @Gigabyte-hu7yh
    @Gigabyte-hu7yh 5 років тому +6

    3:40 there was the little known American Megatrends "Win BIOS" from the early 90's that had a gui resembling windows 3.1 and had mouse support. later versions of that bios had animations but were very limited.
    (edit)
    i think some IBM PS/2 Systems had a gui bios aswell

    • @fantasypvp
      @fantasypvp 3 роки тому

      I'm using a 2009 American megatrends bios but it doesn't have mouse support

  • @jacksonthraves9059
    @jacksonthraves9059 8 років тому +64

    Man your videos are so informative, they're better than the training material we use at my work ( and I work for a large computer OEM ). Happy Holidays from one British Columbian to another and thanks for the amazing content!

  • @alvierahman90
    @alvierahman90 8 років тому +642

    I pronounce uefi by just saying the letters

    • @entriphy
      @entriphy 8 років тому +56

      yoo-fee?

    • @komay
      @komay 8 років тому +94

      +MattU yooeffi

    • @kebubas
      @kebubas 8 років тому +17

      +Alvie Rahman I pronounce it kinda like "weffy" (uefee) :D

    • @Frozenkex
      @Frozenkex 8 років тому +11

      kind of like UFO , but UF-AI instead.

    • @jpchevron
      @jpchevron 8 років тому +1

      You-fi

  • @morgansearle3912
    @morgansearle3912 7 років тому +58

    'Loads of storage,we're talking millions of Petabytes here!'
    Can't wait to come back to this in a few years, and get the 'OMG A 256MB FLASH DRIVE?!!?!' feeling.

    • @jamesisaac7684
      @jamesisaac7684 5 років тому +5

      2019 getting anything less than 8gb is not worth it.

    • @aretard7995
      @aretard7995 5 років тому +4

      @@jamesisaac7684 I have a 128mb sd card lol

    • @99Ctube
      @99Ctube 3 роки тому +11

      @@aretard7995 2008 wants its technology back.

    • @itspurelypassionate
      @itspurelypassionate 3 роки тому +1

      I have 2 gb flash drive. That’s the least amount of something i have

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran 3 роки тому +3

      I still remember when 1GB flash drives were common in 2006. 2GB was rarer, and 4GB was "wow, do you really *need* that much storage, or are you just showing off?".

  • @mrdrano24
    @mrdrano24 6 років тому +1

    I love your videos! I can't help but keep noticing Linus either reaching for his phone or his microphone transmitter. He does it all the time, and its cracking me up.

  • @network_king
    @network_king 8 років тому +6

    Some add on cards can also have their own BIOS. Generally the motherboard BIOS goes first all goes well it scans expansion slots for BIOS and executes those. Generally cards with their own BIOS are related to storage controllers like SATA controllers, SCSI cards, or some form of hardware RAID.

  • @praecorloth
    @praecorloth 8 років тому +63

    Graphical interfaces are far more common with UEFI systems. However a BIOS is not limited to the typical blue Phoenix-style BIOS that we all know and love today. I had an AMI BIOS back on my 386 which featured a graphical interface. It was certainly ugly as sin, but it had faux Windows 3 menus and was mouse driven. Which was impressive because when trying to play Ultima 7, I always had to choose between running the game or loading a mouse driver. 640k of conventional memory sucked, and I never understood games that refused to run when EMM386 was loaded. Damn boy! I got 16MB of memory! Let me use it!

    • @guccioreo5360
      @guccioreo5360 6 років тому

      Michael Bellerue its because you have 16MB of ram

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 5 років тому +2

      Blaze King a *really* long time ago

    • @robg8033
      @robg8033 5 років тому

      Hey Mike I have a surface book with UEFI Firmware and want to do a factory reset. Can you give me any tips?

    • @aleculunguleac
      @aleculunguleac 4 роки тому +2

      Phoenix-style BIOS with blue color? It originated from Award Software, used up to Award Modular BIOS 6.0PG (and in 4.51PG with the change color function). Also it is used in the generic Phoenix-AwardBIOS 6.00PG. There are some exceptions: some ASUS motherboards have a AwardBIOS with a Phoenix-style interface, and a Phoenix-AwardBIOS 6.00PG with a Phoenix-style interface.

  • @yccmzimmy
    @yccmzimmy 2 роки тому +2

    I just got into this because I wanted to hear how UEFI is pronounced in English (and apparently there was not a common agreement yet)…
    But you video is great, with lot a wonderful examples that I would reuse, eventually, to explain this (apparently) complex things but conceptually they are as common as you explain!
    Thanks a lot for this share!!!!

  • @Vexulus
    @Vexulus 6 років тому +3

    This guy is just great helped me through my first build

  • @jovanjanevski3747
    @jovanjanevski3747 7 років тому +541

    I'm too poor to afford a bios on my raspberry pi.

    • @andrewpowell3723
      @andrewpowell3723 7 років тому +62

      lol Should be good. ARM architectures don't use BIOS.

    • @thefreebooter8816
      @thefreebooter8816 7 років тому +35

      +Andrew Powell sort of. It still has a basic input and output system, it's just different to a larger computer's BIOS.

    • @andrewpowell3723
      @andrewpowell3723 7 років тому +11

      The Freebooter Are you referring to a boot loader program? As far I know, BIOS is particular to IBM-based systems. Running a Linux kernel on an ARM system requires a system tree because the BIOS program doesn't even exist.

    • @thefreebooter8816
      @thefreebooter8816 7 років тому +3

      +Andrew Powell the trademark is only on IBM machines, but the one in raspberry pi is so close to being the same it might as well be.

    • @igrewold
      @igrewold 7 років тому +2

      www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer/

  • @cheyennedogsoldiers
    @cheyennedogsoldiers 8 років тому +6

    Oh yes, jumper settings, I remember them well! I also remember all the hair I had back then when I first began messing with jumper settings on motherboards!

  • @kevin34ct
    @kevin34ct 7 років тому +3

    I remember the jumper days. I still have a 486 SX25 in the basement and a Pentium 200 MMX that still runs (Windows XP)

  • @Baneslayer
    @Baneslayer 6 років тому +1

    Thank you for making these videos. Very helpful! Keep it up!

  • @s8wc3
    @s8wc3 8 років тому +19

    there were a few graphical traditional BIOS implementations. see AMI winbios and dells from about 2007< (eg opti 780)

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 8 років тому +1

      +s8wc3 back in the late 90's my high school's Computer Network Technologies class had a bunch of Gateway machines running Windows NT with AMI bios that had mouse support, but it was PS/2 Mouse, and keyboard only, no fancy USB lol!

    • @s8wc3
      @s8wc3 8 років тому

      Commodorefan64 yeah lol, those were probably 486's, long before any USB!

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 8 років тому

      +s8wc3 No they had USB 1.1 but the graphical Bios just did not support a USB mouse, or keyboard, and where Intel Pentium II machines If I remember correctly, this was in the windows 98/98SE era, and my school had just built a whole new computer lab with all new Gateway machines.

    • @s8wc3
      @s8wc3 8 років тому +1

      Commodorefan64 Oh cool! I always thought that bios was more for 486/early Pentium than P-II.

  • @BitMerge
    @BitMerge 8 років тому +4

    Great, thorough explanation, as always :)

  • @dontonipz
    @dontonipz 7 років тому +77

    If you remember the jumpers and master slave on mb and hdd then you hade a pretty fun childhood :D

    • @SparkyOne549
      @SparkyOne549 5 років тому

      The good ole days!

    • @MarcCastellsBallesta
      @MarcCastellsBallesta 4 роки тому +1

      I have a tiny box full of jumpers!

    • @navnitmistry8970
      @navnitmistry8970 3 роки тому +2

      I used to install 20mb hard drives in Amstrads & formatting hdd through bios and using fdisk for partitioning. Youngsters these day's don't know anything about DOS.

    • @infotruther
      @infotruther 3 роки тому +1

      I remember master slave.

    • @darxustech2883
      @darxustech2883 3 роки тому +1

      I don't miss ISA conflicts.

  • @BrianSu
    @BrianSu 7 років тому +5

    Actually there are BIOS based systems that have GUI BIOS screens that support mouse input. The old Compaq Pentium systems did. The BIOS had to be booted into with a floppy disk that contained the code. There was no other way to enter the BIOS.

  • @XimGama
    @XimGama 8 років тому +8

    Linus made me remember the jumper "times", still having nightmares for those mobos!

  • @TakenTooSeriously
    @TakenTooSeriously 7 років тому +35

    Yeah I had that issue with my million Peta-byte hard drive, but now I can even put it in my laptop.

  • @nekomasteryoutube3232
    @nekomasteryoutube3232 7 років тому +1

    I'm old enough to remember using the old style blue bios on some computers that also had Jumpers for some basic stuff like the CPU multiplier to allow for overclocking, or using jumpers to clear the CMOS incase you messed up the CMOS settings, or you accidentally put a password on your bios (or you got a computer with a password on the bios).
    While modern motherboards usually reset them selves after a bad overclock or bad bios setting, I still find that some things are irrecoverable and still require removing the CMOS battery and clearing the CMOS with jumpers, but that could just be because I have a cheaper motherboard (the ASUS M5A97 R2.0)

  • @yourfacemyjizz
    @yourfacemyjizz 5 років тому +1

    There was still a software BIOS on a ROM (flashable and it’s memory has always been dependant on a battery, to this day) back when you had to change settings with a jumper
    I’ve played with 286/386/486 systems then into Pentium 1’s
    Even super socket 7 used jumpers for FSB clocks and over clocking -
    All of these still had a BIoS

  • @RozoTheGreat
    @RozoTheGreat 7 років тому +147

    I wonder how much money in total TechQuickie tossed at getting stock photos...

  • @therealronaldd
    @therealronaldd 8 років тому +53

    Batteries as fast as possible?

    • @schnitzel438
      @schnitzel438 8 років тому +25

      +ComputerExpert69
      No
      I've studied those extensively in chemistry
      That is not a good idea
      No

    • @AnirudhGiri
      @AnirudhGiri 8 років тому +2

      +Hearty Oatmeal You study batteries in chemistry where you live? Its physics here..

    • @adamadamhoney
      @adamadamhoney 8 років тому

      +ComputerExpert69 Batteries, specifically laptop batteries would be a good one. You've got a bit going on in there, multiple cells, a micro controller doing balance charging at constant current and constant volts, temperature feedback loop and the mysterious plugged in not charging error.
      You normally would study the chemistry of a cell, a battery is multiple cells :D

    • @FluorescentGreen5
      @FluorescentGreen5 6 років тому

      it stores electricity
      there

  • @briceandreasson7046
    @briceandreasson7046 6 років тому +7

    Easily one of the best PC tutorial channels! thanks so much. You make my tests seem easy!

  • @lanecurameng
    @lanecurameng 5 років тому

    I'm a big fan! You always make it simple! Thanks, Techquickie!

  • @ganaraminukshuk0
    @ganaraminukshuk0 8 років тому +73

    UEFI. You-fee? Wee-fee? Weh-fye?
    Well, I guess that explains why my computer beeps at me whenever it boots up, not that it ever gave out an error code.

  • @TheRealEZOverdose
    @TheRealEZOverdose 8 років тому +157

    kids these days dont know what a beep code speaker is. partly because most motherboards dont come with them anymore

    • @jeffjoraj
      @jeffjoraj 8 років тому +14

      The case manufacturers usually pick up the tab, although I've seen some motherboards without the pins needed to drive them. The PC speaker (not beep code speaker) is far from dead.

    • @TheRealEZOverdose
      @TheRealEZOverdose 8 років тому +8

      jeffjoraj
      i have a sabertooth x79 and carbide 400r. it was 350 for the board and 120 for the case. 470 bucks doesnt warrant including a 7 cent beep code speaker/pc speaker/internal speaker/mobo speaker/whatever the fuck someone wants to call it speaker?

    • @jeffjoraj
      @jeffjoraj 8 років тому +10

      EZOVERDOSE
      Damn dude, that sucks. I got a wicked cheap case from Micro Center and it came with a speaker. Guess they only come on the low end?
      Also, I called it the PC speaker because that's what it has been known and documented as for the past 36 or so years (first found in the original IBM PC). Back then, it was a real fucking speaker.

    • @TheRealEZOverdose
      @TheRealEZOverdose 8 років тому +4

      jeffjoraj
      times have changed. theyre only used for beep codes these days

    • @exidrial431
      @exidrial431 8 років тому +5

      +EZOVERDOSE If you're lucky you have a motherboard like mine that has an LED Post code display then the beeping way of doing it is obsolete.Sadly you mostly only get the LED displays on Premium/OC boards.

  • @KuntalGhosh
    @KuntalGhosh 6 років тому

    That little speaker comes with your case most of the time and the picture you shown always come with the case!!!

  • @EmmanuelOuzan
    @EmmanuelOuzan 7 років тому +15

    Great video! Same as all Linus videos ! Keep on going! It's super interesting and well made

  • @ErykDante
    @ErykDante 8 років тому +45

    I have a nice graphical click bios but it is not UEFI. :/

    • @deadsource
      @deadsource 8 років тому +17

      +Danté It's basically UFO with an I instead of O

    • @ErykDante
      @ErykDante 8 років тому +1

      +Pan V It comes with the motherboard that you buy. The BIOS basically the firmware.

    • @akashdikpati5060
      @akashdikpati5060 8 років тому

      +Danté What are you doing here man ? I thought you were only on DSG !

    • @ErykDante
      @ErykDante 8 років тому +1

      +Akash Dikpati No way man xD DSG is just my favorite music channel. ;D

    • @MrDave1502
      @MrDave1502 8 років тому

      +Danté my new computer has uefi ;)
      it's cunfiguration uses the mouse

  • @sniperer72
    @sniperer72 8 років тому +246

    0:46 That cpu socket looks like a swastika

    • @srgpepper42
      @srgpepper42 8 років тому +13

      +Daniel Reimer Looks more like a Manji, the traditional Chinese symbol designating a temple. Note that it "flows" clockwise, rather than counter-clockwise as a Swastika does. Considering the Manji represents a temple, it seems apt.

    • @DenebTM
      @DenebTM 8 років тому +1

      +srgpepper42 I think you mixed up clockwise and counterclockwise. A Swastika is clockwise, a Manji is counterclockwise.

    • @ExtremePotato
      @ExtremePotato 8 років тому +36

      +Daniel Reimer Its an Intel socket so that explains it.

    • @farn0153
      @farn0153 8 років тому +10

      Illuminazi confirmed

    • @Leuel48Fan
      @Leuel48Fan 8 років тому +33

      +Daniel Reimer It helps the CPU _concentrate_

  • @mohawahba
    @mohawahba 6 років тому

    i can tell you are one of the really best channels on UA-cam right now. i do like your quickie education sessions

  • @uturniaphobic
    @uturniaphobic 5 років тому +6

    BIOS the last vestige of DOS. I remember when every screen looked like this. circa 1986

  • @xodius80
    @xodius80 8 років тому +113

    This comment section is filled with old people

    • @Sheshader
      @Sheshader 8 років тому +16

      +Happy Farmer ...and if it weren't fer them old folks, you young 'uns wouldn't have a clue what to do. :)

    • @xodius80
      @xodius80 8 років тому +4

      Sheshader old folks is why this planet is a shame to humanity just like phoenix bioses!

    • @Sheshader
      @Sheshader 8 років тому +5

      Now don't you be usin' the Ph word in my company young man!

    • @xodius80
      @xodius80 8 років тому +3

      Sheshader RAM BUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 7 років тому

      Those are the only ones who care about BIOS

  • @reallyryan_
    @reallyryan_ 3 роки тому +3

    These older videos are pure gold ☺️

  • @CRCR7
    @CRCR7 7 років тому +134

    "It's not Morse code " 😂😂😂

    • @aland1618
      @aland1618 6 років тому

      CRCR7 what's morse code

    • @fetteschimmel9396
      @fetteschimmel9396 5 років тому +4

      @@aland1618 I think its like..a color. But im not shure

    • @srglmr
      @srglmr 5 років тому

      Its a secret letters usually expressed as sound like the one in this video just like the sound that came out when he said its not Morse code

    • @AlfiesFuntime
      @AlfiesFuntime 5 років тому +2

      @@aland1618 morse code is dots and lines or flashes of light that make words

    • @pumpogamer8129
      @pumpogamer8129 5 років тому +1

      .... . ._.. ._.. ___

  • @GreedyFlygon
    @GreedyFlygon 6 років тому +2

    Always wondered what that beep meant. Thought it was just my headset.

  • @CompanionCube
    @CompanionCube 8 років тому +45

    these random ass stock pics lmao

  • @toitd5258
    @toitd5258 7 років тому +5

    0:44 I heard that from StarCraft I.

  • @DeepakKumar-ym1hd
    @DeepakKumar-ym1hd 7 років тому +1

    thanks from India,you are the best in giving computer information along with practical.

  • @tanja_the_fox
    @tanja_the_fox Рік тому +1

    Thanks youtube for recommending videos from the last decade. These are gold

  • @tihzho
    @tihzho 5 років тому +47

    You do know that most of us watching bailed right after 4:00, right?

    • @potheadad
      @potheadad 4 роки тому +2

      I'm a little slow I waited until 5:39 . I had hope he was going someplace with all that.

    • @charlessweeney2061
      @charlessweeney2061 4 роки тому

      Correct. Was touch and go before that with the stock images.

    • @hihi-cw3no
      @hihi-cw3no 3 роки тому

      408

  • @tradezone55
    @tradezone55 7 років тому +3

    Great....this really helps.

  • @danielfennock3707
    @danielfennock3707 2 роки тому +2

    So I converted my disk from mbr to gpt with ao mei and booted successfully, just remember to change the boot mode from BIOS to UEFI, that's the point

  • @cherwin
    @cherwin 6 років тому

    Thank you for your easy to understand explanation!

  • @lauryn1111
    @lauryn1111 2 роки тому +4

    mbr is still good to use, I mean it has advantages that gpt doesn't have

    • @Jsino_6651
      @Jsino_6651 4 місяці тому

      what advantages? that it supports windows xp ?

  • @ParoxyDM
    @ParoxyDM 8 років тому +41

    Anyone else remember the really old BIOS's that actually had a GUI with mouse support?

    • @VIGONI
      @VIGONI 8 років тому

      so sad was with only keyboard :D

    • @grahamrich9956
      @grahamrich9956 7 років тому

      I had a laptop last year which went to the BIOS, which had mouse support.

    • @DFX2KX
      @DFX2KX 7 років тому

      My Fujitsu T730 has *partial* mouse support during bootup, but if you go to the settings, it's back to the nasty blue screen.
      My MSI motherboard, on the other hand, has a broken UEFI interface.....

    • @colombianguy8194
      @colombianguy8194 7 років тому

      Old IBM thinkpads, the cursor is a duck flapping around. I love those machines.

    • @stefanl5183
      @stefanl5183 6 років тому +10

      of course, as usual Linus is wrong. UEFI has nothing to do with having a graphical interface. It can have one and most modern versions do, but that's not the real purpose behind UEFI. The truth about UEFI is that it's a problem searching for a solution. UEFI is a derivative of EFI. EFI was invented by Intel when they want to switch everybody from x86 architecture to IA64 (Itanium) and kill off legacy x86 support. Ia64 can run x86 code through emulation. However, Ia64 was not an x86 processor and doesn't start up in x86 real mode with backward compatibility to an 8086, the way all x86 processors do. Therefore for a PC built for an IA64 processor, x86 BIOS would not work. That's why it was necessary for Intel to develop EFI. However, things didn't exactly go as Intel planned and the world decided they weren't ready to ditch x86 for IA64. Then AMD introduced x86-64 and microsoft made a 64bit version of XP to utilize AMDs x86-64. At that point Itanium and IA64 was a sinking ship and doomed to the scrap heap of technology. But EFI lived on and became UEFI.
      And Linus is wrong about MBR also. MBR is not really a BIOS limitation. It's a Microsoft limitation imposed upon us by the same company who once asked "who would ever need more than 640k?". The BIOS simply looks at the boot sector of a disk, which is the very first sector on any disk. It looks for a specific string value in the first couple of bytes. If that string is present it assumes that's a bootable disk. It then loads that bootsector into main memory and jumps to it, handing off control. At that point it's the bootsector code and the operating system that loads that controls EVERYTHiNG. So any limitations are NOT the fault of BIOS at all.

  • @zoran6126
    @zoran6126 4 роки тому

    Great way of presentation ! Thank you!

  • @techlife4599
    @techlife4599 4 роки тому +1

    Never thought Thechquickie would ever have an uninformative video but there's is one now

  • @IDMYM8
    @IDMYM8 7 років тому +87

    Like this whoever are still using BIOS these days. At least i won't feel i'm the only one to.

    • @aretard7995
      @aretard7995 5 років тому +1

      I Do!

    • @melwinmj
      @melwinmj 4 роки тому +1

      Fast-forward 2020
      Still stuck with BIOS/LEGACY 🙄

    • @ericmark47
      @ericmark47 3 роки тому +1

      I'm updating soon as Intel supports PCI 5.0

    • @hueyrosayaga
      @hueyrosayaga 3 роки тому +2

      I have a PC with BIOS and the PC I'm using rn uses UEFI

    • @seanoneill9651
      @seanoneill9651 3 роки тому +1

      My computer supports UEFI and legacy but I’m thinking of switching back to legacy I switched over because I wanted to change my boot logo. But my hat drive is 1tb an I don’t care to have extra partitions. I think if the bios chip runs some of the functions that’s good

  • @SuperHamsterGaming
    @SuperHamsterGaming 7 років тому +114

    I still hate UEFI. I hate that I have to use it to go past 2TB.

    • @Chuckiele
      @Chuckiele 7 років тому +14

      On Linux you dont need UEFI for GPT ;)

    • @JasonRMJ
      @JasonRMJ 7 років тому +2

      is it something that UEFI tick you off, I've been using it for at least 2 year now...
      care to know why? :P

    • @marshalcraft
      @marshalcraft 7 років тому +34

      He hates it cause there is no reason for it. It's proprietary and not like Microsoft proprietary but scumbag intel proprietary where you get binaries and no source code for their hardware. Let me correctly summarize what Uefi really is. It's basically bios and does the same exact thing as what bios did. It's firmware for you cpu. Cpu powers on runs some intel top secret micro-code and then executes first instruction from 0xFFFFFFFF0h which is typically spi flash memory address containing first line of bios. Uefi is just bios but really over structured. Alls bios build a standard table which Microsoft, Linux, and Crapple have agreed upon which list's essentially address for basic functions the os needs to operate the hard disk to load their own drivers (more firmware but specially designed to run with the os's peculiarities). So basically bios and drivers do the same things. They are firmware which do specific things and the o.s. is generic cause they don't want to write code for every single kind of motherboard that exists. Instead the motherboard company writes the specific drivers and bios.
      In early times pc's worked differently than they do today. The bios never stopped running and the o.s. would have to translate everything to bios and have bios do it. Eventually windows decided to have drivers which ran natively, this greatly increased performance and has been this way ever sense. So bios only runs when computer turns on and that's it. It really doesn't matter bios or uefi to the end user cause it only runs for like 10 seconds until operating system's boot loader takes over. If you think firmware is negatively effecting something that would be a driver issue not bios.
      Uefi was developed by intel and is essentially bios but also turns bios into the o.s. It basically is bios which then runs as a primitive operating system which then loads another operating system. It has drivers etc. When you develop a board you only have to write drivers for various components like ram, and other non volatile storage, pci bus etc. instead of writing the entire bios and the o.s. interface and matching it you just write a component drivers for the pcb topology and uefi takes care of o.s. socketing. But the problem is you still have to do ACPI asm and by sectioning you off from a lot of the work you no longer have the same capability for extreme stuff which wasn't thought of by intel. basically you can only continue to produce the same motherboards other companies are producing because you have to rely on intel binaries and you are only writing the drivers. You can adapt Linux or windows to an extreme platform because that was done by intel in Uefi proprietary binaries. So you can't even use uefi for anything other than cookie cutter mobos.

    • @Chuckiele
      @Chuckiele 7 років тому +1

      marshalcraft Why would you want to run UEFI on anything else than a cookie cutter mobo? Are you soldering your mobos yourself?

    • @marshalcraft
      @marshalcraft 7 років тому +2

      This whole time we have been talking has been to the platform designer, so while we aren't soldering the pcb's ourselves we are paying someone too. Why would you even be here unless you were pcb designer? If you are typical end user then you don't know what uefi/bios is other than short burst of text when your pc turns on.

  • @steveowen6228
    @steveowen6228 Рік тому

    Great video and really well explained. Thanks mate!

  • @Avve22
    @Avve22 7 років тому

    The way that you advertise some other stuff within your own video is simply awesome !!!~

  • @rearhound5306
    @rearhound5306 7 років тому +3

    Dude, I cut my teeth on the jumper configured motherboards! Ahhhh! Memories!

  • @0M9H4X_Neckbeard
    @0M9H4X_Neckbeard 8 років тому +780

    THUMBS UP IF YOU THINK BLUESCREEN BIOS IS BEST BIOS

    • @ZILtoid1991
      @ZILtoid1991 8 років тому +29

      +0M9H4X I really hate my generation, they all using UEFIs and not old school BIOSes.

    • @shafouingue
      @shafouingue 8 років тому +13

      +0M9H4X blue screen bios is awful

    • @callmezucc9318
      @callmezucc9318 8 років тому +1

      +László Szerémi I think for newer users, it's much easier to navigate (usually) and tbh, eventthough i used reg bios for a long time, i prefer the UEFI

    • @Siknik64
      @Siknik64 8 років тому +1

      +0M9H4X You know in most cases, you can switch between the traditional BIOS and a UEFI BIOS in the settings.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 8 років тому +1

      +Siknik64 Not on newer MSI AMD boards, it's all UEFI.

  • @allenshepard7992
    @allenshepard7992 6 років тому +1

    Thanks as always.
    Ahhh the days of pushing memory into DIP sockets and moving jumpers.

  • @danchisholm1
    @danchisholm1 6 років тому

    thanks guys, so well done and don't even mind the promo in the middle (seriously)

  • @DenebTM
    @DenebTM 8 років тому +67

    My crap OEM motherboard has a UEFI, but no fancy schmancy graphical settings screen.

    • @boffifis1
      @boffifis1 8 років тому +1

      +InfinityCraft My has fancy Graphics >:D

    • @cpufreak101
      @cpufreak101 8 років тому

      +InfinityCraft same here

    • @pezco.
      @pezco. 8 років тому +1

      i had a msi g43 (AMD )
      shit UEFI
      now i have an asus z170 Pro gaming
      very nicr uefi

    • @bean420man
      @bean420man 8 років тому +4

      It has either or. There is no such thing as a UEFI BIOS.

    • @CptCr4zy
      @CptCr4zy 8 років тому

      +InfinityCraft maybe it is just the standard (or basic) mode.
      Look for a way to enter the default mode. My Gigabyte MB for example has several BIOS-'Skins'.

  • @keithmarcus8638
    @keithmarcus8638 8 років тому +3

    Do CISC and RISC? Linus?

  • @barewireltd2744
    @barewireltd2744 7 років тому

    This was extremely useful. Thanks a lot Buddy !!!

  • @ajohn4320
    @ajohn4320 2 роки тому +2

    it's also easy to convert with partition assistant.

  • @lordmmx1303
    @lordmmx1303 8 років тому +5

    Actually, there was bios in PCChips motherboards that looked like Windows 3.1... with mouse support

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 8 років тому +1

      +MP-Tuners Productions I remember those, and Gateway in the mid-late 90's had a few various machines with AMI, and American Megatrends Bios that had support for PS/2 mice, and keyboards, and know that for a fact because my high school's Computer Network Technologies lab had them, and I remember playing around in the AMI ver, and setting all the machines to a 100mhz overclock with the mouse, and man did it spin the system fans up lol!

    • @omegarugal9283
      @omegarugal9283 8 років тому +3

      +MP-Tuners Productions
      yep, there was nothing wrong with the old BIOS, the UEFI shit is just the first step to take over the PC open arquitecture... because really? not being able to handle more than 2 terabyte drives? so what? you are not going to work with only the BIOS, you only need it to boot the OS, then the OS will handle everything, lack of GUI? that wasn´t the BIOS fault, there´s wasn´t enough space in the old eeproms to make complex GUI, with new flash memory you can have a bios as large as you want, rom space is no longer a constraint...

    • @TheShaunloo10
      @TheShaunloo10 8 років тому +1

      Yea, many AWARD bios in the late 486 era had a Win31-ish interface with mouse support

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 8 років тому

      +Omega Rugal So what if you have something like an ultrabook with only 1 drive that is 4TB large, and the bios can't find it because it only supports drives up to 2TB, then your screwed on getting it to boot no matter the OS you are using, so yeah a modern UEFI makes since.

    • @sneakylancable283
      @sneakylancable283 8 років тому

      +Commodorefan64 It will boot but you could only use 2TB.

  • @UnashamedlyHentai
    @UnashamedlyHentai 8 років тому +10

    "Adazh?" That's a pronunciation I've never heard.

  • @leandrotami
    @leandrotami 2 роки тому

    There were some 486s motherboards with a graphical user interface, with icons and mouse support, long before UEFI existed. I wonder why that didn’t catch on and in fact went back to text interfaces

  • @shaiyarmak2401
    @shaiyarmak2401 4 роки тому

    You are like one of the only people I like watching who pushes in advertising without me getting pissed off
    Just fun listening to you no matter what you speak about!
    Love from Israel 😍

  • @MazeFrame
    @MazeFrame 8 років тому +123

    Or check for a part that is just plain gone *KAPUTT* (kaputt, German for broken/out of function)
    Well, played! Merry Christmas!

    • @DenebTM
      @DenebTM 8 років тому +20

      +XxkkezmannxX I'm pretty sure us Germans know more about German than you.

    • @bas133
      @bas133 8 років тому

      +XxkkezmannxX Nope, its true. Its almost the same in Dutch: kapot.

    • @bas133
      @bas133 8 років тому +1

      +XxkkezmannxX Why you always lyying

    • @marioysikax
      @marioysikax 8 років тому

      +MatzeGamer Weird. Kaput has always been part of finnish speech for something that's broken, nice to know it's german word.

    • @MazeFrame
      @MazeFrame 8 років тому

      +XxkkezmannxX pretty sure I am not.

  • @mnelson10000
    @mnelson10000 8 років тому +15

    Seems like its always a total PITA getting a UEFI system to boot off USB... :S

    • @connorjones5255
      @connorjones5255 7 років тому +6

      I just spent 2 houes trying to boot a usb on uefi.... pain in the ass

    • @kevinportillo1971
      @kevinportillo1971 7 років тому

      I used to be into testing OSs until UEFI appeared and bummed me trying off USB booting...

    • @AnimMouse
      @AnimMouse 6 років тому

      I just spent 1 minute to boot my uefi system to my usb thanks to rufus.

    • @monday6740
      @monday6740 5 років тому +1

      Lately, I've been having much issues just trying to boot from my DVD drive, and that used to work just fine before. Same BIOS, same DVD drive, same disc (same OS), same BIOS firmware (never patched), ... But I have no clue about UEFI or that other thing. I'm sure some setting is off. BIOS's are still a pain, lots of weird parameters ...

    • @Boz1211111
      @Boz1211111 4 роки тому

      Hm not sure. Bios i had on older asus board was f8 for boot menu, now on asrock uefi board its f11 for boot menu

  • @l0rdcroissant
    @l0rdcroissant 4 роки тому +1

    aw damn I didn't get that installed now I wish I had that alarm set up lol
    want to set my computer to game while streaming at the same time

  • @namithas6546
    @namithas6546 2 роки тому

    I liked how this guy squeezed in the ad on freshbooks while trying to talk about BIOS and UEFI *as fast as possible*

  • @diamondface2755
    @diamondface2755 7 років тому +14

    my motherboard says press f1 to enter uefi bios setting
    and i wonder do i have a bios or a uefi

    • @beat461
      @beat461 6 років тому +3

      DiamondFace the problem is, all motherboards have a firmware: either a BIOS firmware, or a UEFI firmware. Some people started using the words 'BIOS' and ''firmware' interchangeably but that doesnt make sense as not every firmware is a BIOS firmware. Stop saying 'UEFI BIOS', it doesn't make sense. Yes some OEMs even do this but they are wrong and only complicate things.

    • @davidfoote696
      @davidfoote696 3 роки тому

      You have a uefi. Uefi was made to replace bios, but they keep the name for all the folks who are used to calling it bios so they don't get confused.

  • @fiftystate1388
    @fiftystate1388 7 років тому +11

    0:00:00 you mispronounced adage, really mangled it

    • @janX9
      @janX9 4 роки тому

      I *Know!* What was *That* about?
      Everyone knows that it's pronounced "ad•age". This leaves me to believe that he's either reading from cue cards or plagiarizing something.

    • @davidfoote696
      @davidfoote696 3 роки тому

      He has a Canadian accent sometimes. It comes out every now and then lol. Not saying thats what it was, but could have influenced his pronunciation lol

    • @fiftystate1388
      @fiftystate1388 3 роки тому

      @@davidfoote696 Oh crap. 4 years? I've had this account for four-frikken-years? Where does time go? BTW, yeah, he was trolling with the pronunciation. What makes me trend that way? _This account was created to troll._ Just sayin'

  • @matthewtremain683
    @matthewtremain683 7 років тому

    O.... I remember the old jumper method for setting things like the FSB, and the like. I don't miss that.

  • @Hjcjcjc
    @Hjcjcjc 7 років тому

    Pls do a tutorial on how to open the bios on various computers please.

  • @frankzvovu
    @frankzvovu 7 років тому +5

    "You say adage I say adage...."

  • @Vysse666
    @Vysse666 7 років тому +3

    I wish Linus would do A+ Certification videos...the ones I am watching make me sleepy...

  • @ags0004
    @ags0004 3 роки тому

    A more technical explanation as to why BIOS/UEFI is needed: Current computers still follow more or less the Von Neumann architecture, which states that the CPU fetches instructions from a memory (RAM) and deposits results into it. The problem is when the computer is turned on, the RAM will be empty or filled with garbage values and there will be no instructions to tell the CPU where it can execute the bootloader that will then boot the operating system. The BIOS states that the bootable code should be in the first block of the media set in the boot preferences. UEFI instead uses a partition on that same media set to boot.
    The BIOS/UEFI kicks in in order to populate the memory with those procedures (as well as perform some hardware checks) and then it passes control to the bootloader. Well that and it also probes what hardware is connected to the computer. The BIOS/UEFI being the equivalent of an ignition system is a very very good analogy. Well done!

  • @nihilnothing
    @nihilnothing 2 роки тому

    Right off the bat, this guy is a real life Mikey Day (SNL) character. That's a compliment, Mikey Day characters are always gold. I'm also studying for a CompTIA exam and greatly appreciate this video.

    • @nihilnothing
      @nihilnothing 2 роки тому

      Oh man, and the hand gestures! This guy clearly had some kind of training in presentation. Maybe theater, improv, advanced public speaking. He knows how to speak with his hands 🤌

  • @ihateyourusernames
    @ihateyourusernames 7 років тому +4

    I pronounce it like Yufi... y'know, FF7?

  • @HBMHD
    @HBMHD 8 років тому +4

    Sometimes I think of starting a business of my own... Then I think of the paperwork and taxes, and I forget it :|

  • @hawtpotato90210
    @hawtpotato90210 7 років тому

    GREAT! you made me think of it and now my heart is beating manually.

  • @barbobrien9318
    @barbobrien9318 5 років тому +2

    You're an excellent educator. Would you consider creating a training program for A+ certification students?

  • @choyazz
    @choyazz 5 років тому +4

    I always thought it was built in OS hahahaha 😂

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran 3 роки тому

      Me too! Even if there's no Windows (or MacOS, or GNU/Linux), the BIOS is still there, and it was shipped with the computer when it was originally assembled. So 'Built-In Operating System' totally makes sense.

  • @akonnema
    @akonnema 8 років тому +9

    Why block out the car logo?

    • @PyroBlock
      @PyroBlock 8 років тому +18

      +Hank Hill copyright reasons

    • @1KaosClan
      @1KaosClan 8 років тому

      +Pyroblock (SPG) ^^

    • @dvorapat
      @dvorapat 8 років тому +23

      Because the car has its rights. It doesn't want to be seen naked on the Internet.

    • @akonnema
      @akonnema 8 років тому +1

      +Toon M lol

    • @salah-ib2cd
      @salah-ib2cd 8 років тому

      maybe because some people may think that they pay for him

  • @angeloperera2748
    @angeloperera2748 2 роки тому

    really useful and informative. Loved the video.

  • @sheabryan5354
    @sheabryan5354 7 років тому

    These videos are excellent. Thank you