Posted by Dave Widel on 4, 2001 at 10:48 AM:
In Reply to: Off-topic: upgrading motherboard BIOS posted by Bugfinder on 3, 2001 at 7:36 PM:
Whenever I throw away an old computer I always pull the bios to erase and reuse for board repairs. They are the same chips. You could do the reverse if you had an image to program it with. I've always wanted to disassemble one and see if it could be made to boot immediately.
: Hi, I recently upgraded my motherboard BIOS following the manufacturer's instructions (clean boot, use awdflash.exe). Can a EEPROM reader/programmer device be used to reprogram a BIOS chip? I just don't know if the BIOS chip internal structure is the same as an equivalent chip easily found at electronics stores.
: Thanks for your help.
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: Bugfinder