BIOS update

[Jeff Vian]

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 22:49 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> > I have done bios updates over the years and I have never run into 
> > problems.  My ASUS board doesn't require any OS or anything to update 
> > the BIOS.  Just put the floppy with the BIOS on it and boot.  Hit a 
> > couple of keys and let the machine do its thing.  :)
> 
> For what it's worth, I have had a computer hang while updating its BIOS.
> The motherboard became a paperweight [1]. (There *are* ways of fixing
> this, but the motherboard wasn't worth the expense).
> 
> BIOS updates are not risk-free.
> 
> James.
> 

Yep, and at the price of motherboards today (generally $30 - $200) it is
much less expensive in the _rare_ case of a failure to just replace it
than to pay for the recovery.

You also will get a newer board, that likely is better.