On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 22:49 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > 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. > Yep, and at the price of motherboards today (generally $30 - $200) it is much less expensive in the _rare_ case of a failure to just replace it than to pay for the recovery. You also will get a newer board, that likely is better.
