Why isn't thumb drive type memory used to hold the BIOs?

Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery, used to
hold the BIOs?

They have not yet made, as far as I know, a thumb drive that remembers the
time.

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"b11_" <> wrote in message
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> Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery, used to
> hold the BIOs?

"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
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> They have not yet made, as far as I know, a thumb drive that remembers the
> time.

Indeed. Flash RAM is already used, the battery is needed to run the clock.

But I read that when the battery expires, the BIOs settings are lost!
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"Bob Campbell" wrote:

> "Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
> message news:33156AD4-F93B-4E53-A372-...
> > They have not yet made, as far as I know, a thumb drive that remembers the
> > time.
>
> Indeed. Flash RAM is already used, the battery is needed to run the clock.
>
>

Mark:

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> They have not yet made, as far as I know, a thumb drive that remembers the
> time.
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> "b11_" <> wrote in message
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> > Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery, used to
> > hold the BIOs?
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> Mark:
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> What does the number 3 to the right of your name indicate?
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> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
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>> They have not yet made, as far as I know, a thumb drive that remembers
>> the
>> time.
>>
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>> "b11_" <> wrote in message
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>> > Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery, used
>> > to
>> > hold the BIOs?
>>

User settings are lost, so if the battery goes you just end up with the
default factory settings of the bios/motherboard.

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> But I read that when the battery expires, the BIOs settings are lost!
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> "Bob Campbell" wrote:
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>> "Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
>> message news:33156AD4-F93B-4E53-A372-...
>> > They have not yet made, as far as I know, a thumb drive that remembers
>> > the
>> > time.
>>
>> Indeed. Flash RAM is already used, the battery is needed to run the
>> clock.
>>
>>

Hi,

Something you may be interested in reading........
http://www.answers.com/topic/keydrive?cat=technology

Also USB drives are already being tested to replace the Hard Drive and not
to many years from now I'd say a Hard Drive just like the Floppy will be a
thing of the past. One other thing, if you are in the market for a new Pin
Drive, Wal-Mart has the 8GB SanDisk on sale for $79.00 bucks. The first one
I owned was a 32MB by MicroVault and was $99.00, unbelievable :>)

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"b11_" <> wrote in message
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> Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery, used to
> hold the BIOs?

SG;671850 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Something you may be interested in reading........
> 'USB flash drive: Information and Much More from Answers.com'
> (http://www.answers.com/topic/keydrive?cat=technology)
>
> Also USB drives are already being tested to replace the Hard Drive and
> not
> to many years from now I'd say a Hard Drive just like the Floppy will
> be a
> thing of the past. One other thing, if you are in the market for a new
> Pin
> Drive, Wal-Mart has the 8GB SanDisk on sale for $79.00 bucks. The first
> one
> I owned was a 32MB by MicroVault and was $99.00, unbelievable :>)
>
> --
> All the best,
> SG
>
> Is your computer system ready for Vista?
> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
>
> "b11_" <b11@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5282B5F4-6978-4207-A2FC-92EC38C739D3@xxxxxx> > >
> > > Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery,
> > used to
> > > hold the BIOs? > >

I believe Toshiba and HP are both planning systems within the next year
that contain solid state drives rather than rotary hard drives.

They'll definitely be faster, that's for sure.


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Let's hope so as the current Hard Drives have been the bottleneck for system
speed for quite some time now. I'll be to old to see it most likely, but
some day a computer will be like a TV, you turn it on and Boom it's ready to
go. BTW, don't know how old you are or if you believe in Here & After, but
if you are young enough and you do believe, then have one of these new
systems ready for me cause that's what I'll be here after :>)

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"KingOfChaos" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> SG;671850 Wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Something you may be interested in reading........
>> 'USB flash drive: Information and Much More from Answers.com'
>> (http://www.answers.com/topic/keydrive?cat=technology)
>>
>> Also USB drives are already being tested to replace the Hard Drive and
>> not
>> to many years from now I'd say a Hard Drive just like the Floppy will
>> be a
>> thing of the past. One other thing, if you are in the market for a new
>> Pin
>> Drive, Wal-Mart has the 8GB SanDisk on sale for $79.00 bucks. The first
>> one
>> I owned was a 32MB by MicroVault and was $99.00, unbelievable :>)
>>
>> --
>> All the best,
>> SG
>>
>> Is your computer system ready for Vista?
>> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
>>
>> "b11_" <b11@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5282B5F4-6978-4207-A2FC-92EC38C739D3@xxxxxx> > >
>> > > Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery,
>> > used to
>> > > hold the BIOs? > >
>
> I believe Toshiba and HP are both planning systems within the next year
> that contain solid state drives rather than rotary hard drives.
>
> They'll definitely be faster, that's for sure.
>
>
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> KingOfChaos