BIOS update

[James Wilkinson]

Robin Laing wrote:
> I have done bios updates over the years and I have never run into 
> problems.  My ASUS board doesn't require any OS or anything to update 
> the BIOS.  Just put the floppy with the BIOS on it and boot.  Hit a 
> couple of keys and let the machine do its thing.  :)

For what it's worth, I have had a computer hang while updating its BIOS.
The motherboard became a paperweight [1]. (There *are* ways of fixing
this, but the motherboard wasn't worth the expense).

BIOS updates are not risk-free.

James.

[1] And a pretty bad one at that: all the pins underneath the
motherboard poked holes in the paper...

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