Marcos Favero Florence de Barros composed on 2014-12-14 10:26 (UTC-0200): > I was wondering whether one of the reasons why old computers > fail is that the BIOS gets corrupted over time because it is > stored in rewritable media.
> Many of the old computers that I'v tried to reuse seem to have > problems in keyboard, floppy and CD operation, which, I believe, > are directly related to the BIOS. Might depend on how old is "old". A huge number of motherboards and power supplies made starting shortly after the turn of the century and for the following half decade or so were made using capacitors that don't last[1]. Before total failure occurs, all kinds of wierd things can happen or not as their defects begin manifesting. > If that is so, then perhaps flashing the BIOS might fix this > kind of problem. Unlikely, but possibly. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
