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Article #24Re: Don't buy Foxcon Mboards being sold with dodgy BIOS
From: §ñühw¤£f
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:15
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:15
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Conor wrote: > In article <Rc-dneAF9umxxxbVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@pipex.net>, Big and Blue > says... >> ���hwأf 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? > Uhhhhh...I assume that the OS tells the mobo what version it is so the mobo BIOS can make adjustment in th ACPI? http://howflow.com/tricks/medion_md_98300_fan_control :)
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