Windows XP Sucks!

[David Boles]

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Karl Larsen wrote:
> David Boles wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>>    I got the file holding the Manual for my BIOS on this computer from
>>>> BioStar web page and after clicking on the manual thing I d/l a file. It
>>>> is CRUS5-M9_0829C_B.exe and I have d/l it several times because of
>>>> Windows.
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> Karl. I have no idea exactly what you have there but I went to the
> Biostar website and every manual file, Documentations in the Menu(s),
> that I found was a .pdf. Nothing in manuals was an executable.
> 
> What is the MB model number?
> 
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>    What I have is a Biostar GeForce6100-M9 and of course I already have
> the User's Manual. I need the BIOS Manual. On that section it is all
> .exe files.


A BIOS manual? Never seen one from a motherboard maker. What you might
find are BIOS updates and patches. What you *probably* have is a .exe to
change your BIOS. *Could* be a bad thing.

Who made the BIOS and what version/release is it?

Does this help?

Howstuffworks "How BIOS Works"

http://www.howstuffworks.com/bios1.htm

There a plenty of Google hits.
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  David
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