On Thursday November 29 2007 5:37:34 pm David Boles wrote: > A BIOS manual? Never seen one from a motherboard maker. What > you might find are BIOS updates and patches. What you > *probably* have is a .exe to change your BIOS. *Could* be a > bad thing. > > Who made the BIOS and what version/release is it? > > Does this help? > > Howstuffworks "How BIOS Works" > > http://www.howstuffworks.com/bios1.htm > > There a plenty of Google hits. speaking of Google hits, did you try "BIOS manual" - they do exist, but, one must never miss an opportunity to pile on Karl, must one? speaking of this subject, I do remember reading about a new feature in some motherboard a couple of months ago, an embedded Linux on a chip that you could boot into with a couple of keystrokes - one of the things it would let you do once booted, was flash your BIOS if you were connected to the internet -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA