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Programming contained on the firmware chip on the motherboard that is responsible for getting a system up and going and finding an OS to load is what?
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Where is firmware located in on a motherboard?
Boot ROM.
When a technician upgrades firmware on a motherboard he has to?
flash the bios
Is psp firmware 6.00 hackable?
Hacking the firmware depends on the PSP's motherboard, not the current firmware installed. If you're asking whether or not it can be made into a custom firmware, then the answer is yes, but all homebrew would have to be rewritten for it.
What holds the basic software needed to start a PC on a motherboard?
It is called Firmware and it holds the basic software needed on the motherboard.
Are all PSP's that have a firmware 5.03 or lower hackable even if they aren't phat?
It's not the firmware that matters, it's the motherboard. A hackable motherboard can have custom firmware installed no matter what version of the official firmware it uses. 'Unhackable' (at present) ones can't have custom firmware installed at all right now. All phat PSPs can be hacked, most slims can, but recent ones can't, and at present, PSP-3000's can't at all.
What are Programs stored on rom chips are called?
Programs stored on ROM chips are called firmware. The motherboard stores the keyboard controller support program on the ROM chip.
Programs and data that are stored on a motherboard are referred to by what term?
Depending on the context, those could be referred to as hardware or firmware.
What is the mother bored?
To answer your question it is a mother board. Notice the spelling. The firmware of the computer runs from the motherboard (firmware is important software needed to run hardware correctly). Generally referred to as a "Mobo" the motherboard runs everything your computer uses to run, it is essentially the heart of your computer. The graphics card, the power source, the Disk drives, and much more all depend on the motherboard to centralize and keep your computer running.
Can you download computer hardware?
No. Of course not. The part of a computer system that's "hardware" is the computer, itself, its keyboard, its mouse, its video screen (monitor), its printer, the circuit boards inside all of those things... those things are "hardware." And so they cannot, obivously, be "downloaded."Software, on the other hand, is the programs which run on the computer; and it, along with other things like music, videos, e-books, etc., may all be downloaded.The questioner may have become confused by the fact that there's a thing called "firmware" which can be downloaded......or, more accurately, the software programming part of firmware may be downloaded. Firmware, though, also has a hardware part, which, of course, cannot be downloaded.Firmware is a term used to refer to something that's an interesting mix of both hardware and software. Firmware refers, first, to a special kind of integrated circuit chip that's physically mounted onto a circuit board inside a computer hardware device. So, then, that part of the firmware is actually hardware. However, what makes a firmware chip special is that it can be programmed; in other words, programming may be loaded and permanently stored on the chip. And, obviously, programming; and so that part of the firmware is actually software. Together, they are "firmware."And the software programming with lives on a firmware chip may be downloaded. In other words, if there's an update to the programming that lives on a firmware chip, then said programming may be downloaded and then installed onto said firmware chip.A computer's basic input output system (also known as BIOS) is nothing more than a firmware chip which comes, from the factory, with special software programming on it which tells the computer really basic things when it is first started-up......things like where and how to find its keyboard and mouse, and how to use them; or where and how to find its video monitor, and how to use it; or where to find its disk drives and how to use them... etc.Sometimes, computers manufacturers update the programming that's on their computers' BIOS chips.. so that they know, for example, about new kinds of hardware that have come out since the BIOS chip was first programmed, and for other reasons. And so, then, the computer hardware manufacturer will post, on its support website, a BIOS update......which is nothing more than software programming that is intended to be installed onto the BIOS firmware chip. The user simply downloads it, then runs the special program included with it, and said program wipes all the old programming off the BIOS chip, and then installs the new programming on it.So, then, no, hardware may not be downloaded. And even the hardware part of firmware -- the hardware chip -- may not be downloaded. However, the software programming that "lives" on a firmware chip may be downloaded.
Motherboard settings are stored in a small amount of RAM located on the firmware chip and are called?
CMOS or BIOS configuration settings
Is it illegal to mod your xbox360?
No it is not illegal to Mod your Xbox360. The part that is being modded is the DVD ROM firmware, not the Microsoft software. The DVD ROM firmware can be flashed to read any format of disc you like. It is just a DVD ROM. If Microsoft owned the firmware on a DVD ROM you would not have any way to flash it just like you can not flash the firmware on the 360 motherboard that runs your games.
What is firmware software?
Firmware is the combination of persistent memory and program code and data stored in it. Typical examples of devices containing firmware are traffic lights, consumer appliances, digital watches, computers, computer peripherals, mobile phones, and digital cameras. The firmware contained in these devices provides the control program for the device. Firmware is held in non-volatile memory devices such as ROM, EPROM, or flash memory.
