What happens inside the computer when you start it?

[HappyAndyK]

Have you ever given it a thought that when you press the power button on your laptop or PC, what happens behind the logo of Windows computer?

From the pressing of the power button to the appearance of the login screen there are more than hundred components/peripherals that are initialized and thousand lines of code is executed.

This nice article takes a look inside the machine, that actually what all happens.

[DustinH]

Interesting article! Thanks! It wasn't as completely basic like a lot of explanations are.

[Lady Sophi]

Thanks for sharing! Very interesting!

[Sax]

Good article!