On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 01:08:44PM -0400, Jan Muszynski wrote: > So even if you do have a data backup your BIOS is probably fried. > > For more information see: > http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/cih.htm
It was only a matter of time before a virus came along which could flash your BIOS. I'll tell you what scares me even more though -- Western Digital have published firmware updates for IDE drives on occasion, which leads me to assume they have flash BIOS in there too. My video card (Diamond Viper V330+) is software upgradable too. Most Rockwell modems are software upgradable too. (AT** then Xmodem upload.) Lots of motherboards have socketed ROM chips, so you can fix them with a ROM programmer. Not so on video cards and hard disks. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD. CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.