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. On a smaller note: bios-attacking virii are running thin these days, because most of the current virii want to make sure you're online so they can hijack your internet-connection. AH> [2] If the BIOS has been affected, shouldn't the entire computer AH> act weird instead of just the LAN card. Actually, the chance that your pc would still boot would be quite slim: a bios is very sensitive so any change would most likely result in disaster (as in: completely unbootable). AH> [3] [ when he took away the computer, everything was working ok AH> but the LAN card ], It was possible to reboot the pc? AH> I'd get the whole computer updated in fifteen days This is too long for a repair: changing a motherboard shouldn't take more than a day, less than a week if he hasn't got the correct parts. If he has too much work to finish it witin that time, he should have left the pc with you. AH> [4] Should I change my maintenance guy? I would consider it: suggesting to change a mobo because a lan-card is acting up isn't a good move imho. This will cost you a lot of money and shouldn't be necessary (based on the details you've given us). Some more details would also be usefull: which OS, cpu, mobo, ram size, lan card and quite important: the name of the virus... Good luck! -- Der Immer Jodelende Schweizer In Lederhosen Roel Predestination was doomed from the start. ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
