Do you have BIOS problems?

chaos945

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Check out this great site, with post and beep codes!

Bios Central Homepage

Remember though the going computer repair rates:
$25/hr repair the computer
$35/hr repair the computer while you watch
$45/hr repair the computer if you try to help
$75/hr repair the computer after you tried and failed
 
and the usual cautionary tale...

yes - it is a useful link, esp. for people with more than one machine.

One thing I'd like to pass on though is that even BIOS reading exposes you to some level of risk, insofar as it almost always involves a "dirty" read whereby the read is openning write enabled and if something happens, like a power failure, at the crucial nano-second then you may get the *phut* effect...

Just in case anyone out there is the cautious type...
 
Re: and the usual cautionary tale...

Originally posted by MainframeGuy
the *phut* effect...

/me nods, and fiddles with box full of broken BIOS chips and boards
 
I just tolerate my gigabyte board but they did one thing really right. DUAL BIOS!

Screwed up, just switch to the old one.
 
Neat

I hadn't heard of the dual BIOS option - if I'm ever upgrading MOBO I'll try to remember this!
 

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Also Hi EP and people. I found this place again while looking through a oooollllllldddd backup. I have filled over 10TB and was looking at my collection of antiques. Any bids on the 500Mhz Win 95 fix?
Any of the SP crew still out there?
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Just did some crude math and I apparently joined almost 18yrs ago, how is that possible???
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