From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 5 22:51:04 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 A905B16A41F for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 22:51:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD3C43D46 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 22:51:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k35MooZ0055492; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 17:50:50 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060405174734.028a0238@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:50:47 -0500 To: "Thompson, Jimi" , From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Award BIOS Upgrade Fees - Slightly Offtopic X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:51:04 -0000 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. > > > >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"