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Raffaele BELARDI wrote: |
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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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> raffaele |
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For the reason that both of you mention, in the past I have always |
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purchased the BIOS chip upgrade for any system I want to make sure will |
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not be the victim of a meltdown. |
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Which is why I have not upgraded this system yet again to the latest. |
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