] Re: OT - BIOS Problem
On Monday 31 May 2004 14:05, Amrit Hallan wrote:
It's easy to do:
- Go to your motherboard's brand web site (for instance, Asus)
- Get the latest BIOS update
- Take the BIOS chip out of the motherboard and put it on an EEPROM writer
(it
it's not an EEPROM chip, use
: replace the MB or eschew network access.
Cheers,
Scott
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Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: OT - BIOS Problem
Hi Amrit,
On 31 May 2004 17:35:46 (my local time 14:05:46), Amrit Hallan wrote:
AH
The boards I've seen with NIC built-in and few slots all had USB ports.
Assuming you could disable onboard NIC get an external USB NIC adapter. I've
used them in laptops that had no built-in NIC quite successfully. Got tired
of loosing the dongles for the PCMCIA ones and on laptops with only one
Yes
If you have a corrupt BIOS and your computer is modern (less than 5 years
old) you should be able to simply flash the BIOS to the latest version from
the manufacturer. Last time I had computer with a BIOS that couldn't be
flashed was 1992-1994.
I've never heard of a BIOS virus being the
Hi Amrit,
On 31 May 2004 17:35:46 (my local time 14:05:46), Amrit Hallan wrote:
AH [1] Can't BIOS be changed without changing the entire mother
AH board?
Yes it can be changed. Even if the chip itself is corrupt, it's
possible to change the chip itself if you have experience in these
things.
Amrit,
I can't answer your specific questions other than from education from
experience which tells me you are right. If the BIOS is infected
everything would be haywire.
Change your maintenance guy? That would be my first move!
I'd also tell him to send it back complete with the 'virus' if
