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Man, O man, I just had the freakiest BIOS flashing I've ever seen.
In preparation for an Athlon XP, I had to flash to the latest BIOS.
The flash went fine until I rebooted. Got strange beeps, so I turned off the power (yes, the bios flash was complete and said to do so when I rebooted). Then what came up was nearly as frightening 8) the screen was all messed up! 8) Finally after a few more restarts, I got a nice "beep" and a proper screen.
I think this has to be the most horrified I've been in a long time, as far as PC's go. So far so good, as I'm typing this on Corona-12.
I've never had a "bad" BIOS flash before, but I can certainly sympathize with those that do and have. It sucks, so I'm glad to get away unscathed.
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Whew!
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Brian Frank 
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Posted 30 December 2001 - 10:35 AM
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Posted 30 December 2001 - 10:56 AM
Well, you may not be out of the woods just yet. Be on the lookout for odd behavior or anything not quite normal (data corruption, spotty performance, etc). I normally watch the system for a few days *very* closely after any BIOS flash just to make sure. Also, I am typing this on Smirnoff Ice-4, but after 12 I probably wouldn't even care if the computer was plugged into a wall anymore let alone beeped...
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Posted 30 December 2001 - 01:02 PM
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I'm typing this on Corona-12.
Word
Props to bein fuct up on a Sat. Night
I just drank a bottle of whisky with a friend of mine and smoked a gram of kind bud.
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Brian Frank
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Posted 30 December 2001 - 11:32 PM
The old one was a mouthful and rather tiresome to type, and I liked the name. I fixed my A7V too. Bent pins are not your friends. Just like user error. lol!
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