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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
