Date: Thu, 28 Aug 97 20:44:38 -0700 From: "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> To: "Howard Lew" <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Flashing BIOS (Was Q: K5 clock speeds) Message-ID: <199708290344.UAA29964@mail.san.rr.com>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997 20:38:48 -0700 (PDT), Howard Lew wrote: >I maybe wrong, but I think you are referring to the CMOS settings right? > >Most motherboards have a jumper that you can short for a few seconds and >it will get you back to factory defaults. However, when you flash a >bios and it is wiped, it is gone for good unless you have some kind of >motherboard with a backup bios eprom. Yeah, that's possible. I do know that I was flashing the bios when it died, and shorting that jumper fixed it. :) Maybe there is a safety feature built in so that it can't get any more screwed up than that jumper can fix. Sorry if I spoke out of turn. :) Doug Do thou amend they face, and I'll amend my life. -Shakespeare, "Henry V"
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