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Article #528Re: Old P233 machine only recognises 32 meg of 128 meg new P133 stick??
From: Robert Graf
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:06
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:06
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"BoganMan" <jamieb1@FUCKYASPAMOFFdingoblue.net.au> wrote in message news:3b275c01$0$25486$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au... > > And flashing your BIOS should only be done as a very last resort, > > as it could cause irreversible damage to your motherboard. > > What rubbish! Use a brand new floppy disk, don't turn the power off in the > middle, thoroughly read the readme files first. BIOS updates are a piece of cake > procedure that provide often useful hardware updates. > > I liked your X and Y analogy with the RAM tho, good stuff :) > > --------- BoganMan > [[ ICQ 32988117 ]] > > You do have to be careful, updating the BIOS, if you don't do it properly it will cause troubles, as you can tell by looking at the newsgroups. It is easy for the most part, but do pay attention. I've done it several times without a problem. The advice about a new floppy is important as well as not turning off the machine in the middle of the operation. And make sure you save the old content when prompted to by the flash program. Robert Graf http://www.instantewealth.org rgraf@instantewealth.org
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