On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 05:50:47PM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote:
For a 3rd party BIOS, 39.95 is cheap. They can be much higher, close to
$100.
But for $50 it is possible to buy new not so bad motherboard.
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Thompson, Jimi wrote:
I just encountered what I consider to be a totally outrageous problem.
I've got a system with a BIOS issue. The motherboard maker has decided
to use Award's BIOS and they want a minimum of $39.95 to email me the
BIOS update that I need to fix the system.
So why
For that kind of money you can get a bios replacement
chip from unicore. www.unicore.com
Which probably is better and contains more functions
that the mfg would provide.
I have never had to pay the mfg for a bios burnable upgrade.
Who is the motherboard mfg?
I would like to know so I don't buy
What motherboard manufacturer? I think it is time to boycott that one.
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- Original Message -
From: Thompson, Jimi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just encountered what I consider to be a totally outrageous problem.
I've got a system with a BIOS issue. The motherboard maker has decided
to
This sounds like it is offered as a 3rd party BIOS upgrade. You didn't say
who the manufacturer is, bust most of the better manufacturer's support
their own BIOS updates directly. Using a 3rd party BIOS is often used on
non-support motherboards or older motherboards that are no longer
