Suppose you have added a new hard drive to your computer to enhance the space, and that hard drive is not getting detected in BIOS. It holds all the information pertaining to the hardware of the computer. It is a chip located on the systemboard or motherboard of a computer.
Here comes the role and importance of the BIOS. They might keep on wondering, what exactly happens when the computer is actually turned on. For a computer geek this is a normal behavior which a computer exhibits after it is turned on, however the same cannot be said about others who are not much familiar with computer hardware, and might be using it to accomplish the daily tasks. Whenever we turn on the computer, initially it shows the memory capacity, also suddenly the light of the NUM lock glows, and there is a beep sound at end, after which we see the familiar Windows Logo. ROM BIOS or commonly known as BIOS is an integral part of a computer.