is the BIOS updated when some one makes chaneg to the harwdare config

[rookie1010]

Hello

I was wondering if the BIOS is updated when someone makes change to the harwdare configuration of a machine.

e.g. if i replace my seagate harddrive with a maxtor hard drive, is the BIOS updated to reflect this change.

 

[baronvongogo]

how do you mean? If you mean the BIOS actually updates in version then no. If what you meant was when you put your hard drive in then it`ll show it as a maxtor etc then yes it will.

 

[TheMajor]

If the BIOS is Plug-and-Play; which most are. Except the really old ones (>15 years).

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the replies

what i meant is that when the hard drive is chanegd, doesn't the BIOS
get updated, i came across the term extended system configuration data which implied that the bios changed itself once a hardware chaneg cocured. would that be possibel with plug and play BIOS's?

 

[baronvongogo]

basically your BIOS reads your seagate at present, Once removed and you put the maxtor in its place the BIOS will show your maxtor drive.

 

[TheMajor]

thanks for the replies

what i meant is that when the hard drive is chanegd, doesn't the BIOS
get updated, i came across the term extended system configuration data which implied that the bios changed itself once a hardware chaneg cocured. would that be possibel with plug and play BIOS's?

Yes, you don't have to change any settings. Just plug it in.

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the replies

so does the BIOS update itself when we make a hardware chaneg?

 

[TheMajor]

thanks for the replies

so does the BIOS update itself when we make a hardware chaneg?

It generally does, yes.

 

[Win2kpatcher]

thanks for the replies

so does the BIOS update itself when we make a hardware chaneg?

yup pretty much for everything.

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the reply