Date: Thu, 28 Aug 97 17:35:39 -0700 From: "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> To: "Howard Lew" <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Flashing BIOS (Was Q: K5 clock speeds) Message-ID: <199708290035.RAA20625@mail.san.rr.com>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997 10:37:15 -0700 (PDT), Howard Lew wrote: >Flash upgrades usually don't fail unless people flash it with the wrong >version. Then the motherboard is hosed and they need a replacement chip. >Even though Award BIOS supposedly still let's use reflash it with their >flash bios boot block and an ISA video card, I have never seen that work >before. Even the wrong version is usually not fatal. I had this exact scenario happen (clueless techie on the phone told me to d/l the wrong thing, "Oh, I'm so glad you called back!" *grumble*) and there is a jumper on my mb (dell-tweaked intel of long ago) that clears everything out and gets you back to the factory defaults. I just built a new box for a good friend and the basically generic socket 7 mb had the same kind of jumper, so I can't help thinking this is a pretty standard feature? Doug Do thou amend they face, and I'll amend my life. -Shakespeare, "Henry V"
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