On 12/14/2014 4:26 AM, 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. > BIOS is for quite a wile in a FlashROM type of memory, which is only re-writeable in a special write mode, which is only done very rarely, when in fact you are "flashing" the BIOS. And it is very unlikely that this will get corrupted easily. You might confuse this withe the CMOS RAM, which is used by the BIOS to hold (and easier change/write to) user changable values. But even then, this isn't likely to get corrupt, unless you have some rogue programs that are accessing it constantly.
If you have external peripherals fail as you mentioned, it is rather due to possibly bad settings (the least likely but not impossible option) or IMHO more likely, to connectors or peripheral circuitry going bad... Ralf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
