Re: BIOS Updates?

=?Utf-8?B?TWF0dDMyMA==?= added these comments in the current
discussion du jour ...

hi, thanks to everyone for repling. I do not need to do flash
my BIOS but I have started to study computers in college and
am finding it difficult to understand how exactly you would
flash a BIOS? and why you would? thanks

Are you kidding, you trolled all of us with a student's question?
I don't know how to break this to you, friend, but that is NOT
the way you learn things in a college class. The profs have the
romantic notion that you know how to research broadly in the
literature on your own, and not go crying for help to a tech
support NG, then blather on about not even having an O/S. If
you're on a computer science major towards a B.A. or B.S. degree,
or any variant of a technical degree in computers, IT,
networking, and the like, you can depend on successive classes
getting a LOT more difficult. Best find Google and start there,
then look into your colleges printed or digital library.

BTW, I am a bit dated on this, but the orginal way a chip in
anything that comes under the heading of "firmware" was
reprogrammed was using EPROM technology, meaning Electrically
Programmable Read-Only Memory. That kind of tech, greatly
updated, is still used in some applications, AFAIK, but several
other common techniques, software-based primarily, are used to
"flash" or re-program firmware by overwriting the old machine
language code with new code. As I say, this is true of ALL
thingies that have a computer in them from your cell phone all
the way to a modern car, as well as major appliances. They can
all be updated to correct defects under warrenty, but should
NEVER be blindly updated unless you actually have a problem. As I
advised you in my first reply, do not try to fix things that
aren't broken.

Good luck in your studies, I think you're going to need it.

P.S. I am sure by now that you've found college somewhat more
challenging than H.S. I remember graduating from H.S. in 1965 (is
anybody that old?) 10th in my class of 255 sailing through with a
3.55 GPA, so I thought that engineering school would be equally a
piece of cake. I was just a little wrong. Nay, a whole bunch
wrong! Within 2-3 weeks I realized that EVERYBODY was at least as
good in H.S. with both the liberal arts and hard science and math
as I was, and most were better. So, I found myself going from top
5% to bottom 5%. It was, to say the least, a big awakening. So,
roll up your sleeves and have at it!

"HEMI-Powered" wrote:

Hello, Does anyone know how i update or flash a BIOS? is
updating and flashing the same thing? ive been told to
download the update...but if i have no o/s how can i
download? thank you.

Consult your PC manufacturer on this or the manual that came
with it. But first, why do you think you need or want a BIOS
update? Is your PC failing and the manufacturer or your
techie says to, or do you just want the latest of the latest?
If you system is running, don't give Murphy an even break by
flashing your BIOS or any of the other methods of installing
new firmware. That is one SURE way to completely destroy your
system if ANYthing at all is amiss and you're left with an
unusuable system and a big problem getting the original BIOS
back.

Also, ALL computers have some sort of O/S. What exactly are
you running? In the days of simple DOS, it certainly was
possible for skilled programmers to run simply from the BIOS,
but even rudimentary tasks such as running software
compilers, accessing a HD, or accessing a telcom channel ala
the Internet is impossible without assistance from at least a
minimal O/S.

Please clarify what you're trying to do and have a great day!

--
HP, aka Jerry




--
HP, aka Jerry
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