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> 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
>>
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HP, aka Jerry
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