@lang: [[BIOS.fr]] 
@related: [[AMI]] [[Phoenix]] [[ACPI]] [[CPU]] [[RAM]] [[Raptor]] [[AmiloA]] [[DSDT]] [[OS]] [[ShortCuts]] [[MB]] [[MotherBoard]] [[FirmWare]] LenovO LapTop MeM


===== Basic Input OS  =====

  * For [[AmiloA]] [[Laptop]]'s BIOS see [[Phoenix]] page
  * For [[MSI]] [[MotherBoard]] see [[AMI]] page
  * http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Free-Software-Foundation-frets-about-Windows-8-secure-boot-requirement/# UefI

ToDo:

  * http://BiosRepair.com/

===== UEFI =====

  * http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/11235.html# UefI
  * http://www.paritynews.com/software/item/484-the-linux-foundations-uefi-secure-boot-pre-bootloader-delayed
  * http://techrights.org/2012/11/21/hardware-keys-for-lf/


===== MISC =====

  * http://phys.org/news/2012-08-malware-bios-black-hat.html# MaL


==== [[OpenSource]] / [[BIOS]] ====

@tag: [[OpenSource]]

  * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards
  ** http://www.linuxbios.org/data/lbdoc/index.html
  * http://www.pcengines.ch/tinybios.htm
  * http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/Projects/sebos/phase2.shtml
  * http://linux.dell.com/edd/results.html

This is the home page for dmidecode, a tool for dumping a computer's DMI (some say SMBIOS) table contents in a human-readable format (see a sample output). This table contains a description of the system's hardware components, as well as other useful pieces of information such as serial numbers and BIOS revision.
  * http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/

  * http://linuxfr.org/2005/03/02/18394.html [[French]]


===== BIOS [[ShortCuts]] =====

@tag: [[ShortCuts]]

  * [[Phoenix]] : Ctrl-Alt-Esc, or Ctrl-Alt-S, or Ctrl-Alt-Enter , F12
  * [[AMI]] : American Megatrends (AMI): Del key during Power-On Self-Test
  * [[Award]] : Del, or Ctrl-Alt-Esc
  * Mr. BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-S during Power-On Self-Test
  * [[DTK]]: Esc key during Power-On Self-Test

  * [[Acer]] notebooks: F2 key during Power-On Self-Test (POST)
  * [[Compaq]] : F10 key after the square appears in the top right corner during boot-up
  * [[Dell]]: Ctrl-Alt-Enter F2 ; F12
  * [[HP]] Hewlett-Packard Pavilion: F1 key during HP blue splash screen
  * [[PackardBell]] : For some models, F1 or F2 key during Power-On Self-Test
  * [[IBM]] Aptiva 535: F1 while the square with the wavy lines is displayed in the upper right corner during power-on Does this also apply to other Aptiva models
  * [[IBM]] PS/2: Ctrl-Alt-Del, then Ctrl-Alt-Ins when the cursor is in the top right corner


===== MORE =====

@TaG: BooT


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