Duncan wrote: > sean posted on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:13:17 -0500 as excerpted: > >> My video card is not integrated, and I know there are BIOS updates for >> my system, I have just not managed to update it. > > Just be careful... I managed to fry my BIOS while updating it (due to a > memory stick going bad, thus writing garbage to the flash), a couple > months ago. Had I known the recovery procedure when it happened, I might > have been able to recover it, but due to lack of knowledge, I screwed > that up too. > > I ended up on my netbook, ordering a newly flashed BIOS chip for my main > machine over the net from California.... Suffice it to say that I now > know WAYYY more than I ever wanted to know, about recovering from a bad > BIOS flash. >
Same here, I had to order a new flash chip when it happened to me. The recovery procedure you mention is specific to your motherboard model? raffaele
