1.0 PC Hardware

1.1 Configure and apply BIOS settings.

• Install firmware upgrades – flash BIOS
  
  
• BIOS component information
  
  
  • RAM
    
    
  • Hard drive
    
    
  • Optical drive
    
    
  • CPU
    
    
• BIOS configurations
  
  
  • Boot sequence
    
    
  • Enabling and disabling devices
    
    
  • Date/time
    
    
  • Clock speeds
    
    
  • Virtualization support
    
    
    • BIOS security (passwords, drive encryption: TPM, lo-jack)
      
      
• Use built-in diagnostics
  
  
• Monitoring
  
  
  • Temperature monitoring
    
    
  • Fan speeds
    
    
  • Intrusion detection/notification
    
    
  • Voltage
    
    
  • Clock
    
    
  • Bus speed