Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >> 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 > >
For the reason that both of you mention, in the past I have always purchased the BIOS chip upgrade for any system I want to make sure will not be the victim of a meltdown. Which is why I have not upgraded this system yet again to the latest.
