Flashing Your Bios ? ? ?

[FIREWALL]

I saw this in another thread yesterday and can't find it now.


What is it and how do you do it ?


After all the laughter dies down, could you guys explain this to me please.

[Jimbuna]

http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/biosflash1.html

http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Hardw...ash-Your-BIOS/

[bert8for3]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I saw this in another thread yesterday and can't find it now.


What is it and how do you do it ?


After all the laughter dies down, could you guys explain this to me please.

You have to get a raincoat and then stand on a corner and then someone walks by and ...

I apologize ... I couldn't resist :rotfl:

edit: kidding aside, those links that jimbuna posted are interesting ... I've always wanted to try it, imagining some outstanding performance gain, but as one article says, I've always been way to scared to try it (and still am). If you try it, let us know how it goes.

[stabiz]

I have been thinking of doing this too, but it seems like something I will get wrong, and my house will burn to the ground.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by stabiz

I have been thinking of doing this too, but it seems like something I will get wrong, and my house will burn to the ground.

What he said.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by bert8for3

You have to get a raincoat and then stand on a corner and then someone walks by and ...

I apologize ... I couldn't resist :rotfl:

That's okay; at first I thought he was looking for the "Bios of SubSim members" thread.

[FIREWALL]

This convinced me to pass on this one.



The hazards of BIOS flashing As described earlier, the BIOS is a crucial component of your computer since it is always the first program that runs when you turn the machine on. If the BIOS does not run, the machine cannot boot. Therefore it is very important that a BIOS upgrade is performed properly. If it fails, it can permanently ruin the BIOS, resulting in your computer becoming a door stop. Common reasons for BIOS flashes gone bad are power failure during the flashing process, and flashing the BIOS with an incorrect BIOS version.

This is the part you want to read carefully.
Because of these dangers you do not flash a BIOS just for ****s and giggles, but only if there is a very good reason.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

This convinced me to pass on this one.



The hazards of BIOS flashing As described earlier, the BIOS is a crucial component of your computer since it is always the first program that runs when you turn the machine on. If the BIOS does not run, the machine cannot boot. Therefore it is very important that a BIOS upgrade is performed properly. If it fails, it can permanently ruin the BIOS, resulting in your computer becoming a door stop. Common reasons for BIOS flashes gone bad are power failure during the flashing process, and flashing the BIOS with an incorrect BIOS version.

This is the part you want to read carefully.
Because of these dangers you do not flash a BIOS just for ****s and giggles, but only if there is a very good reason.

Even though I posted the links, I was very tempted to advise against it.

[Sailor Steve]

Reminds me of the old days when you had to insert the boot disc to start your computer.

"I lost my boot disc!"

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Reminds me of the old days when you had to insert the boot disc to start your computer.

"I lost my boot disc!"

What's a boot disc ?

[bert8for3]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Reminds me of the old days when you had to insert the boot disc to start your computer.

"I lost my boot disc!"

:rotfl: been there done that for sure. 5 1/4 (was it 1/4?) inch floppy discs. Remember those? I had to use a 3 1/2 (1/2?) floppy the other day to pull something off an old laptop, had a hard time remembering which way to put it in and that it read as A drive.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by bert8for3

You have to get a raincoat and then stand on a corner and then someone walks by and ...

I apologize ... I couldn't resist :rotfl:

edit: kidding aside, those links that jimbuna posted are interesting ... I've always wanted to try it, imagining some outstanding performance gain, but as one article says, I've always been way to scared to try it (and still am). If you try it, let us know how it goes.

BIOS updates rarely give substantial performance updates unless you have previously unsupported hardware that was introduced in the BIOS. Unless the changelogs indicate something you really want... better to not fix it if it ain't broke.

On a sidenote, Vista makes it pretty easy to swap out your BIOS now. You do it right in the OS and don't even need a bootable diskette. It's great.

[geetrue]

My polish sonar Chief Ostroski always said, "If it works ... don't fix it"