Yeah, remember that whole BIOS thing? I never did like it....

[Matt VP]

Originally posted by SuperDanman


No, you're wrong here. If you've ever looked at a mobo, the BIOS chip is in a socket type of thing (I forget what those are called). BIOS chips are easily removable and just as easily replaced. All you need is a chip that works or some place that has special equipment which can flash the chip regardless of its bad or not. I'm trying to find such a place.

About 7 years ago motherboards used removable chips for the BIOS, now they're soldered directly on to the board.

I've built more computers than you've been inside of.

[Wetzel]

Originally posted by Matt VP


About 7 years ago motherboards used removable chips for the BIOS, now they're soldered directly on to the board.

I've built more computers than you've been inside of.

The board he is talking about is rather old. It has ISA on it. It does infact have a removeable BIOS chip.

And plz to not make statments about what others have done/not done when you do not know anything about what they have done.


Wetzel
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Word up

[DanL]

MattVP, apparently you haven't "built more computers than I've been inside of." The KT7A isn't old at all - it supports Durons and Athlons up to 1.2Ghz "or future Socket A processors based on 200MHz." Sure, the board isn't geared towards the top-of-the-line market (more to the compatibility/workstation market), but it's maybe a year old.

Don't believe me about the BIOS? Look for yourself at the picture I just took.

I've looked at some pages, and yes, some bioses are soldered in. I was wrong when I said that all bioses are in sockets like you said all bioses now are soldered in, but atleast I never added a very arrogant statement to the end of my post. If you don't see BIOS's in sockets anymore, then you should probably use more than the same brand of equipment. Sorry for the harshness, but I really dislike people who are arrogant.

[Jamie_Richard]

http://www.badflash.com I have bought from them before (To get a non-locked I-Opener BIOS) and the service was quick and the instructions included were excellent. I reccomend them.

I wish I had read this thread earlier, a month or two ago I threw out a KT7A-RAID that I fried an IC on in stupidity, it still had a good BIOS.

Well, I hope this helps
-Jamie