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Josh H

More options Sep 1 1998, 3:00 am

Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair

From: "Josh H" <j...@aa.net>

Date: 1998/09/01

Subject: Re: Help I flashed my BIOS w/ wrong .bin file

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I have done this before. Just boot up with working machine, compatible of
course, pull out bios chip, put other chip in, run program, turn off, pull
out chip, put it in other machine. Works good. -Josh

Matthew Fries <l...@my.sig> wrote in article
<35da6aa4.9302...@news.visi.com>...

> >>The pc won't even boot to a post , then it won't let you powerdown the
> >>system w/ the power switch.Is there any way I can reflash the bios in
> >>another pc?or build a device that i could connect to a parallel port
> >>to access the binary of the bios chip?It's an Award bios chip.Any help
> >>,advice, or ridicule is welcome.

> I flashed my bios with the wrong bin file once... Well, the
> manufacturer said it was the right one, but it killed my motherboard.
> Luckily, at the time, I was working at the computer place where I got
> my motherboard from, so I was able to return it to the vendor under
> warranty and get a new one.
> I have imagined that you could take a new motherboard with a good bios
> chip, boot it up, and use the flasher to make a backup copy of the
> good bios. Then, still using the good board, power-up and
> (*DANGEROUS*) quickly swap the good bios chip with the bad bios chip
> while it is on, and then flash the good image onto the bad chip.
> Sadly, I have never had the guts to try it. (or the spare parts
> anymore, for that matter). If I had an eprom programmer, this would be
> a moot point.

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