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> On Dec 22, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Bricking a machine due to a failed BIOS update won’t affect the data stored > on it, you can just take the hard drive out and put it on anything else and > get the data. It hoses the BIOS EEPROM and you can’t boot the machine again. > In a desktop where you could pull the BIOS chip out and replace it you could > recover, but in a laptop where the BIOS chip is soldered to the motherboard > you’re pretty much screwed. > > > Dan > > >> On Dec 22, 2016, at 8:58 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> That's why you do a full backup before attempting any such operation. >> >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> I am somewhat scared to do a bios update. I have done them many times for >>> many years but had a laptop brick on me once after a failed bios update >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> OK Don >> >> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of >> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain >> >> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who >> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence >> for themselves." >> >> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* >> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >> 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg >> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
