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    lots of bricked bios, who`s fault is it?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tinderbox (UK), Oct 27, 2009.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I must have flashed bios on umpteen different desktop, notebooks , 20 to 30 and i have never had a bad flash, it still frightens the life out of me when i do flash, the chance of turning my lovely new notebook into a paperweight.

    How can you have a bad flash nowadays , does the bios not check to see if it`s the right one for your notebook?

    I have hear that flashing to a previous bios can kill it on some notebooks, how is this possible.

    Are the manufactures making money out of this, why is bios recovery not a lot easier, and some of the new bios on some notebooks cannot be recovered at the moment.

    So who`s fault is it the user or the manufacturer.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Oct 27, 2009
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  2. Wiz33

    Wiz33 Notebook Deity

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    Both, I would say. The manufacturer can certainl y do more to ensure that the proper BIOS files are being used but I also thinks that a lot of user probably did not get the correct BIOS for the system to start with. I have flashed many BIOS on both desktops and laptops and I have never had any problem.
     
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  3. Manic Penguins

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    I have bad luck with such stuff, if it can go wrong it generally will, which is why I've never flashed my BIOS unless it's to fix a fault. Saying that, I flashed my Touch HD and it went OK, same with CFW on the PSP.

    To your question, I would have to agree with Wiz33. The manufacturer has to be 99% sure it will be compatibly with the system it was designed for but ultimately its up to the user to decide whether its worth the risk (however small it is).
     
    Manic Penguins, Oct 27, 2009
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Flashing the BIOS will fail when the BIOS provided is not the right one, or not properly packed. 3 out of 3 BIOS flashes on my D900K failed. One with cd, one with usb memory drive, and one with floppy.
    After that fiasco, I vouch to never trust Gophn again when it comes to flashing Bios chips.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 27, 2009
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