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On Thursday 21 January 2010 00:40:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > > Don't tell my motherboard that or it will refuse to update next time |
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> > > unless I run some program or other. |
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> > So without a program to do flash updates (or at least some code |
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> > somewhere that might not be in .exe or ELF format) how does your |
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> > motherboard do flash updates? |
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> There's code somewhere of course, but no program to run. I just put the |
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> update file on a USB stick and hold down a key while booting. The code |
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> runs direct from the motherboard, there's no operating system |
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> requirement, it's a very civilized system. |
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Yes, very civilised. |
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I have a hacked-up-too-gazooks android phone that works the same way |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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