In my (limited) experience, old computers tend to be unuseable because 
of a leaking onboard battery that corrodes the copper lines on the PCB 
around it (often that's where the keyboard controller is, which 
translates as 'non working keyboard').

regards,
Mateusz



On 12/14/2014 01:26 PM, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether one of the reasons why old computers
> fail is that the BIOS gets corrupted over time because it is
> stored in rewritable media.
>
> Many of the old computers that I'v tried to reuse seem to have
> problems in keyboard, floppy and CD operation, which, I believe,
> are directly related to the BIOS.
>
> If that is so, then perhaps flashing the BIOS might fix this
> kind of problem.
>
> Marcos

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