The BIOS itself is stored in ROM which does not require any power to maintain its contents. The BIOS setting are stored in a very low power CMOS SRAM with a battery to keep it powered up even when the computer itself is switched off (the BIOS does nothing to maintain this, it is done in the hardware).
what is the role of BIOS? why is it important for it to keep its memory after the computer is switched off?
No. Installing new components in a PC rarely, if ever, requires a BIOS update. RAM or memory especially is very much a "plug and play" component. Just turn off your computer, install the new memory, turn it back on and it will be automatically recognised.
You disable the BIOS memory option on an Acer Aspire laptop by pressing the delete key on startup. This will bring up the BIOS menu where the option can be turned off by highlighting it and selecting off.
The type of memory responsible for initializing the BIOS and starting the operating system is called Read-Only Memory (ROM). Specifically, the BIOS firmware is stored in a non-volatile ROM chip on the motherboard, which retains its data even when the power is off. When the computer is powered on, the BIOS runs a series of checks and then loads the operating system from the storage drive into the system's RAM.
Volatile memory is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information. Non-volatile random-access memory that retains its information when power is turned off. There is random access memory, cache memory, read only memory, virtual memory and flash memory.
Off ROM (Read Only Memory) is typically used to write permanent data or instructions to a system for use even after the computer is turned off. Examples of ROM are your BIOS and Firmware
Some computer motherboards can hold a custom graphic in the BIOS that appears when the computer is first turned on or rebooted. This image is held in flash memory which does not disappear when the computer is turned off. Special software is needed to place your custom image into the flash memory.
Only if the BIOS battery is flat or out of circuit.
It is Read Only Memory(ROM) BIOS, basic input/output system, is the system that first runs when a computer is powered on. The software is contained on a ROM chip on the mothrboard and is responsible for executing the boot sequence for different peripherals and the operating system
RAM memory is cleared when a computer is turned off.
BIOS is a program (stored in ROM), not a memory.However the BIOS uses a battery backed up RAM to store a variety of settings and parameters. This BIOS RAM is itself volatile (it can only store data when powered), however the battery backup provides power to this RAM when the main power of the computer is off (making it act as if it were nonvolatile). When this battery dies the BIOS RAM will lose its data and (after the battery is replaced) the machine may have to be reconfigured from scratch before the machine will startup correctly.
Once your computer boots into BIOS, you need to search around and turn off the option that is telling it to boot to BIOS automatically. Frances