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Article #20Re: Don't buy Foxcon Mboards being sold with dodgy BIOS
From: Conor
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:32
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:32
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In article <Rc-dneAF9umxxxbVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@pipex.net>, Big and Blue says... > §ñühwØ£f wrote: > > > Theres a hack for Grub that tells the mobo its runniing windoze. > > Which, to me at least, indicates that the problem lies in the > motherboard. The motherboard shouldn't need to know what OS is running. How the fuck does the motherboard know what OS it's running, dumbass? -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams
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