Re: How does the BIOS work?

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From: Michael Dwyer
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:00

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Adam Carheden <carheden@holly.colostate.edu> wrote:
: My question:  How do motherboards and BIOS work?  If I put a new BIOS chip
: in, does it have to be the same type, or can I just snag an AMI BIOS of
: another motherboard that I have?  Any other suggestions would also be
: appreciated.

You again... :)  I swapped some old 286 AT bioses without ill effect.
As far as I know, you can plug them in and see what happens.  Obviously, 
you should swap them between similar machines -- ie, a 286 bios won't work
in a 386.

Also, is it a dead bios, or is it realted to your new hard drive?  Does it
work without the HD plugged in?

Finally, newer gateways had FLASH bioses, and may be soldered on the 
board.  You may be looking at the keyboard BIOS, and not the 
system BIOS...  Beats me, though... :)



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