[Gllug] OT: Hardware woes and give away

[Doug Winter]

Sunny Chan wrote:
> 2) I have tried to get a updated bios for my PCChips M848A motherboard 
> to see whether one of my MP chips works in there. But the Bios update 
> failed :-( it hangs at the "Checking NVRAM..." in the BIOS -tried to 
> reset CMOS but it doesn't help. So now it is junk to me and anyone can 
> make use of a motherboard with a dead bios please let me know, I will 
> give the motherboard to you (rather than going to the bin!)

I wouldn't chuck it yet - you can sometimes flash the BIOS in another 
box, or failing that you ought to be able to get a replacement chip from 
the manufacturer for £15 or so.

BIOS updates fail far too often for my liking ;(

Cheers,

Doug.

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