When a computer is turned on, the charge of electricity causes the processor chip to reset itself and find the ROM chip(s) that contains the BIOS.

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This is because the ROM chip(s) containing the BIOS are usually hardwired to the motherboard and do not require an electrical charge to be found by the processor chip. However, the processor chip does reset itself upon turning on the computer.

When a Computer Is Turned On, the Charge of Electricity