Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:50:47 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Thompson, Jimi" <JimiT@mail.cox.smu.edu>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Award BIOS Upgrade Fees - Slightly Offtopic Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060405174734.028a0238@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <B2DC92828A70F644B2C1F27F52EEBAE3012E444B@exch4.elcsb.net> References: <B2DC92828A70F644B2C1F27F52EEBAE3012E444B@exch4.elcsb.net>
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This sounds like it is offered as a 3rd party BIOS upgrade. You didn't say
who the manufacturer is, bust most of the better manufacturer's support
their own BIOS updates directly. Using a 3rd party BIOS is often used on
non-support motherboards or older motherboards that are no longer
supported, or for some special feature the original manufacturer does not
support (different CPU's or controllers, etc.)
For a 3rd party BIOS, 39.95 is cheap. They can be much higher, close to $100.
-Derek
At 09:49 AM 4/5/2006, Thompson, Jimi wrote:
>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.
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>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.
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>The system in question is loaded with FreeBSD.
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>TIA,
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>Jimi Thompson, CISSP
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