Motherboard BIOS question

SidTheSloth

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After finishing building my PC do I need to go into the BIOS? or can I just install the OS also am I supposed to download the BIOS from the motherboard manufactures website?
 

ViPeRiS

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No, usually the house-installed BIOS comes ready to go, so You can directly install the OS. If there is any BIOS update, You can install it later without problems
 
The BIOS talks to the hardware to catalog then pass to the OS what is available to be used to 'do stuff'. The BIOS only needs to be updated if the manufacturer found a issue (for example the new Advanced Platform 4k HDD might not work until a BIOS update is completed). Normally when building your PC you need to test always to BIOS as you add each piece of hardware. Once you demonstrate all the hardware works to BIOS and will show IN BIOS, then you assemble the PC, repeat the testing over and over then FINALLY AND LASTLY install OS.
 
Breadboard process: Using a wood board or the cardboard box the mobo came in, you install 1 mem stick, the cpu, if you have onboard video then you don't need to add the GPU, wire the case power switch to the mobo, then run the PSU connections to the Mobo ONLY. Connect to LCD from the IG or GPU, as the case maybe, power on, do you get BIOS? Does it show the right memory and CPU?
If no then your problems start here. If yes, power off add second mem stick (your required to do them in pairs) and restest, then if you have IG add the GPU (a duh moment for most you needed to go into BIOS and tell it to use GPU not IG first when displaying video), retest, then add HDD, restest, add DVD, restest, once all 'parts I am going to use' are connected and you can get to BIOS, then your good on those parts and save a load of 'what went wrong ' later.

Now disconnect GPU (reset back to IG instead), Drives, PSU. Insert the board and secure it in case. Again reconnect PSU ONLY , retest, then add GPU (again change BIOS), retest, add first drive, retest, etc. till it is all installed THEN LASTLY worry about installing Windows.

If all this is too 'over your head' STOP NOW! There is a VERY HIGH RISK to shorting / frying these parts (and thus you have to pay OUT of pocket AGAIN for a replacement part). If this is over your head then get a friend whom is a Computer Geek to do it for you, or take it to a Mom & Pop to build for you.

This is just the basics, and not even getting to dealing with debugging problems, and not even considering software issues yet.
 

SidTheSloth

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Ive looked up a lot of tutorials, I know how to put it together, I am also going to be follwoing a tutorial while I put it together, I was just wondering if going into the BIOS was neccessary, but thanks for the guide anyway