Another Question....

[nomnex]

> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:28:14 -0400
> "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 08/20/2012 11:11 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. writes:
> >
> >> Ok so here's another issue I've recently come across, wonder if 
> >> anyone has info on this: I have a Gateway T6321 laptop and it's 
> >> running my Fedora 17 just fine, I recently noticed my BIOS for
> >> this laptop was OLD...(1998! I think!) and I was wondering how do
> >> I go about installing the BIOS update from the Gateway site? It's
> >> a zip file but I don't know where to unzip it to!...help!
> >
> > Is there a particular problem that you're trying to solve by 
> > installing a BIOS update for your laptop, or do you wish to accept
> > a risk, as small as might be, of bricking your laptop, that's
> > running Fedora 17 "just fine", for no good reason whatsoever?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> It's just that I'm concerned, the BIOS is showing as being from 2008, 
> and I wanted to keep it up to date along with everything else I've 
> updated. there's no real concern, just thought it'd be a good idea to 
> get it as close to the "present" as possible.....is this not a good 
> idea? and what does "brick my computer" mean?
> 
> 
> EGO II

if it's not broken, don't fix it.
My BIOS version is as old as my notebook  (2002)

It's a metaphor
1. V. Rendering a piece of technology unfunctional, in all practicality
making it useless, as in a brick
Source: Ubrandictionary.

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