From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 5 15:19:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D8C316A400 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:19:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mta9.adelphia.net (mta9.adelphia.net [68.168.78.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A30A643D48 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:19:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([70.39.69.56]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20060405151928.SURY7190.mta9.adelphia.net@barbish>; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:19:28 -0400 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Thompson, Jimi" , Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:19:25 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Award BIOS Upgrade Fees - Slightly Offtopic X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:19:30 -0000 For that kind of money you can get a bios replacement chip from unicore. www.unicore.com Which probably is better and contains more functions that the mfg would provide. I have never had to pay the mfg for a bios burnable upgrade. Who is the motherboard mfg? I would like to know so I don't buy their motherboards in the future. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Thompson, Jimi Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:50 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Award BIOS Upgrade Fees - Slightly Offtopic I just encountered what I consider to be a totally outrageous problem. I've got a system with a BIOS issue. The motherboard maker has decided to use Award's BIOS and they want a minimum of $39.95 to email me the BIOS update that I need to fix the system. I thought I post here, even though it's a bit off topic to see if any of you have encountered anything similar and to see what you've done to resolve the issue. The system in question is loaded with FreeBSD. TIA, Jimi Thompson, CISSP _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"