Are there any possible undesirable effects of a BIOS upgrade? The worst I can think of is something that would change my SATA drives from being mapped as SCSI to being mapped as IDE.
Ted Miller Indiana
On Thursday 28 June 2007 02:40:37 Ted Miller wrote:
Are there any possible undesirable effects of a BIOS upgrade? The worst I can think of is something that would change my SATA drives from being mapped as SCSI to being mapped as IDE.
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Does the board have a back up bios? If the upgrade fails (worst scenario) then it could leave your machine unusable. Make sure you have the correct bios file
John Bowden wrote:
On Thursday 28 June 2007 02:40:37 Ted Miller wrote:
Are there any possible undesirable effects of a BIOS upgrade? The worst I can think of is something that would change my SATA drives from being mapped as SCSI to being mapped as IDE.
Ted Miller
Does the board have a back up bios? If the upgrade fails (worst scenario) then it could leave your machine unusable. Make sure you have the correct bios file
Yes, it does. I had forgotten about that until you mentioned it. With that, I can always retrace and reconsider.
Ted Miller
On Saturday 30 June 2007 04:17:25 Ted Miller wrote:
John Bowden wrote:
On Thursday 28 June 2007 02:40:37 Ted Miller wrote:
Are there any possible undesirable effects of a BIOS upgrade? The worst I can think of is something that would change my SATA drives from being mapped as SCSI to being mapped as IDE.
Ted Miller
Does the board have a back up bios? If the upgrade fails (worst scenario) then it could leave your machine unusable. Make sure you have the correct bios file
Yes, it does. I had forgotten about that until you mentioned it. With that, I can always retrace and reconsider.
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yep its handy having a second bios chip. I always kept my fingers crossed when updating my bios's. Did you have a look at http://www.cognitive-dissonance.org/wiki/view/Firmware+Updates I have only done bios updates with a d.o.s boot disk in the past.
On 6/27/07, Ted Miller tedjeanmiller@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Are there any possible undesirable effects of a BIOS upgrade? The worst I can think of is something that would change my SATA drives from being mapped as SCSI to being mapped as IDE.
Well, depending on the type of hardware, the worst-case scenario is that you brick your hardware. Check the readme to see if it actually fixes a problem you're experiencing. 99.9% of the time they go perfectly smoothly.
On 6/27/07, Ted Miller tedjeanmiller@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Are there any possible undesirable effects of a BIOS upgrade? The worst I can think of is something that would change my SATA drives from being mapped as SCSI to being mapped as IDE.
Also, you don't need windows or floppy disks for this anymore. See -> http://www.cognitive-dissonance.org/wiki/view/Firmware+Updates </shameless plug>
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