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BIOS stands for Basic Input Output

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System. Since 2005, BIOS have begun

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to be replaced by a UEFI, which stands

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for a unified extensible firmware

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interface. Though computing experts

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and I.T. professionals generally use

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the term bios interchangeably

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when referring to both bios or you UEFI

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briefly, a bios is a text based

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interface allowing us to make

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adjustments to hardware settings

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for the computer. Whereas a UEFI has

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a graphical interface which allows

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for the use of a mouse

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in the manipulation of hardware

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settings. Bios come in many different

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designs and layouts

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which are representative

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of the manufacturer of the motherboard

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and in our case we are using this

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version of the ASUS UEFI bios utility

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and we're going to explore

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some of the basic options within

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the easy mode. Once we've explored

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some of the basic options we're also

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going to take a look at one of the basic

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settings that all computer users should

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familiarize themselves with,

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which is the boot priority order.

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More on that later. Entering the bios

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is simply a case of pressing F2

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or delete at the appropriate screen,

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there is only a brief window

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of opportunity to press the key so make

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sure that you don't miss it. Then once

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the bios is loaded, this is the bios

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that we are greeted with. The first

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thing at the top left is the system time

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and dates. In our case, this is set

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correctly. If the time wasn't set

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correctly, we would go into the advanced

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settings in order to set that. Just

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to the right of the system time we have

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some basic hardware information

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which includes our BIOS version, the CPU

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type, as well as the total memory type

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and the memory timings. Underneath

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we also have some essential system

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information related to temperature,

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CPU temperature,

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motherboard temperature, as well as CPU

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voltages. This is all critical

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information as an overheated CPU

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or motherboard can lead to problems with

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performance or worse still, damage

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to those components. Then over

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to the right of that, we have the fan

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speeds. Again, this is critical

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information. In this case, we see

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the CPU fan speed with no reading

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for the chassis fans, it might be

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necessary to troubleshoot the chassis

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fan reading, ensuring that the chassis

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fans are connected. It may be the case

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that the BIOS firmware will require

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upgrading in order to see those

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readings. Underneath that setting,

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we have some basic overclock presets

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for the CPU and it's fan. At the moment

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the setting is on normal, which will

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give a balanced ratio of CPU performance

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versus energy efficiency and quietness

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of the fan. To the left of that,

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there's the power saving option,

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which will favour energy efficiency

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and quietness of the fan at the expense

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of a small drop in performance and then

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over to the right would be the opposite,

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which is the high performance setting,

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which will favor performance of the CPU

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at the expense of energy efficiency

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and quietness of the fan.

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For our purposes will remain

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on the middle normal setting

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for a balanced ratio. More advanced

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users may wish to go into the advanced

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settings in order to customize their own

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overclocked settings, including C.P.U

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voltages, fan speeds and ram timings

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and so on. Overclocking is a very

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advanced concept, not recommended

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for the novice computer user.

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But in summary, overclocking PC

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components can provide measurable

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performance increases. But be warned,

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overclocking components will void

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manufacturer warranties. Moving on;

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at the bottom here we see the boot

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priority for all of the drives

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which are connected. In order from left

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to right will be our boot order.

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This sets which drives will be booted

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from first, second, third and so on.

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We do not have windows yet installed

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on any of these drives, so our only

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bootable drive is the Toshiba USB drive

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and then finally over to this button

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here, the boot menu, we can also see

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a list of drives which are available

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to boot from. In the next video, we look

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at the process of installing windows

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and setting up a new user account

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and for that, we are booting

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from our USB drive, which is the Toshiba

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listed here in order to begin

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the Windows installation process.