On Thursday 21 January 2010 00:40:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Don't tell my motherboard that or it will refuse to update next time > > > unless I run some program or other. > > > > So without a program to do flash updates (or at least some code > > somewhere that might not be in .exe or ELF format) how does your > > motherboard do flash updates? > > There's code somewhere of course, but no program to run. I just put the > update file on a USB stick and hold down a key while booting. The code > runs direct from the motherboard, there's no operating system > requirement, it's a very civilized system.
Yes, very civilised. I have a hacked-up-too-gazooks android phone that works the same way -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
