Robin Laing wrote:
> I have done bios updates over the years and I have never run into
> problems. My ASUS board doesn't require any OS or anything to update
> the BIOS. Just put the floppy with the BIOS on it and boot. Hit a
> couple of keys and let the machine do its thing. :)
For what it's worth, I have had a computer hang while updating its BIOS.
The motherboard became a paperweight [1]. (There *are* ways of fixing
this, but the motherboard wasn't worth the expense).
BIOS updates are not risk-free.
James.
[1] And a pretty bad one at that: all the pins underneath the
motherboard poked holes in the paper...
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