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Duncan wrote: |
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> sean posted on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:13:17 -0500 as excerpted: |
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>> My video card is not integrated, and I know there are BIOS updates for |
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>> my system, I have just not managed to update it. |
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> Just be careful... I managed to fry my BIOS while updating it (due to a |
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> memory stick going bad, thus writing garbage to the flash), a couple |
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> months ago. Had I known the recovery procedure when it happened, I might |
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> have been able to recover it, but due to lack of knowledge, I screwed |
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> that up too. |
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> I ended up on my netbook, ordering a newly flashed BIOS chip for my main |
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> machine over the net from California.... Suffice it to say that I now |
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> know WAYYY more than I ever wanted to know, about recovering from a bad |
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> BIOS flash. |
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Same here, I had to order a new flash chip when it happened to me. The |
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recovery procedure you mention is specific to your motherboard model? |
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