BIOS update
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Fri Jan 28 23:06:10 UTC 2005
On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 22:49 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> 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.
>
Yep, and at the price of motherboards today (generally $30 - $200) it is
much less expensive in the _rare_ case of a failure to just replace it
than to pay for the recovery.
You also will get a newer board, that likely is better.
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