Re: Are All new boards non-flash BIOS upgradeable?

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From: java
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 00:00

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just tell him he's right and to never try to upgrade his bios-just go buy a new
chip.

small jaded viruses wrote:

>     The guy at work, whom states that he is highly PC-knowledgeable, insists
> that flash upgradeable BIOS is an "archaic" motherboard design feature. He
> states that ALL recent motherboard designs have the more "advanced"
> non-flash upgradeable BIOS's - in particular, all the new Award BIOS chip
> motherboards.
>
>     He dares anyone in the hardware newsgroups to prove him wrong.
>
>     Is he an idiot?

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Subject: Re: Are All new boards non-flash BIOS upgradeable?
Date: 1999/05/22
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