On Tuesday 01 June 2004 17:03, Scott Glasgow wrote: Well, not so impractical. Really. If you are a university student, you only have to go to an electronics lab and probably you will find a memory burner there :-)
> Interesting idea, if a bit impractical. Very few people that I'm aware of > have an EEPROM burner laying around the garage, or the requisite knowledge > and experience to employ it in this fashion. I spent the first 20 years of > my career in electronics, and although I have retained much of my > equipment, meters, and tools after leaving the field for computers several > years back, I do not possess an EEPROM burner. It was a piece of equipment > purchased by and for my previous employer, and given the very rare need for > the use of such a tool in the "civilian" world, I would be quite surprised > to find that anyone who is not a professional, or a very, very serious > hobbyist, would go to the expense of purchasing one for personal use. > > Cheers, > Scott > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pau Garcia i Quiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:06 AM > Subject: [wdvltalk] 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 the proper memory writer) > > - Write on the BIOS chip the BIOS update you downloaded > > > > This is my first e-mail. A little about me: I'm 24, live in Spain and am > > Telecommunication Engineer. Web desing is a hobby, although I've made > > some professional things. I'm the author of the Javascript Browser > > Sniffer (http://jsbrwsniff.sf.net). > > > > > My LAN card suddenly started acting weird and the person who maintains > > > my computer said there might be a virus in the BIOS. Now he wants to > > > change the entire mother board along with other things. I would > > > appreciate if someone could tell me: > > > > > > [1] Can't BIOS be changed without changing the entire mother board? > > > > > > [2] If the BIOS has been affected, shouldn't the entire computer act > > > weird instead of just the LAN card. > > > > > > [3] Since he has taken the computer to his workshop, he called and said > > > changing the motherboard is the only option because the computer is > > > neither booting from the floppy nor from the CD [ when he took away the > > > computer, everything was working ok but the LAN card ], but when I > > > assured him that I'd get the whole computer updated in fifteen days but > > > right now I need it to finish my current work, he immediately said he'd > > > install it tomorrow so that I can finish my work. > > > > > > Hence, > > > > > > [4] Should I change my maintenance guy? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Amrit > > > > > > > > > ____ • 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. 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