On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:06:10 -0600, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 22:49 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > > 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. That's another reason I like Gigabyte boards; most of them come with dual-BIOS. If something bad happens while upgrading one, it's usually not disastrous. I don't know if other brands also have that feature? -- Deron Meranda