On Sunday 13 October 2002 07:34 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
Bios upgrades =============
Well good John. Now next time you buy a motherboard, check around for one that has a second bios backup already onboard and doesn't need a DOS boot floppy, or Windoze runnin, to flash the bios. If for any reason the flash fails, or the bios is corrupted (Winsux virus?), the board automatically boots from the backup bios chip. Many of the newer boards are movin to this. Some have had it for years.
Have you any particular makes in mind. My mobo is now 2 years old, did it have this bios backup then ? I don't remember it being the case, though it may well of been.
It's always a good idea to check your motherboard's web page for bios updates. Usually updated for about the first 18 months the board is on the market. It's not always neccessary to update tho. EG, my board (also a dual bios, no boot floppy needed board) has a new bios version available, but the changelog shows it's to fix a problem with hardware I don't have. So it's helpful to read the changelog before updating.
I quite agree. Only inexperience that held me back. Not from now on though.
John
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