On 2/13/07, Owen Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:21:07AM -0500, John Mitchell wrote:
> <snip> The only one I can think of is to try to flash the BIOS.
> >
> >Owen
>
> Owen,
>
> If the machine is acting funny, one of the last things I would want
> to do is flash the BIOS as this could be a recipe for acheving a
> bricked motherboard.
> Strip PC to basic cards needed ( Video and nothing else if you can
> do it) and see if you can get in to the BIOS.
>
> johnm
Yes, I'm reluctant to do that too, and will try to avoid it ...
hopefully I don't end up with that as a last resort.
Owen
Someone else here has already mentioned but the first thing to try
with a flaky / broken machine is to start incrementally removing
components until you're left with all but the basics (video card,
motherboard, power supply, memory). Then start switching those out one
by one.
- Craig Taylor
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