-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Installing SP2 & Flashing Bios
- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:32:34 -0500
Nope. Flashing the BIOS is when you open up the computer case, and have a
naked man in a raincoat... you get the picture! LOL
Actually, flashing a BIOS is writing a BIOS update to the flash-BIOS chip.
The equivalent of installing SP2 to XP, but it is physically written to a
semiconductor chip rather than your hard drive.
The process can cause problems if done incorrectly because the BIOS... which
stands for B asic I nput- O output S ervice... provides the basic
communications to allow the computer to boot to your system disk.
For an easy to understand description/definition visit
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/BIOS.html
Don
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----- Original Message -----
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 5:46 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Installing SP2 & Flashing Bios
>I have never heard of flashing the bios, is that when you boot up and keep
> hitting f8 like when you get into safe mode, but somehow you get to the
> bios?
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