Windows XP Sucks!

[Jim Cornette]

David Boles wrote:
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> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> David Boles wrote:
>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> Karl. I have no idea exactly what you have there but I went to the
>> Biostar website and every manual file, Documentations in the Menu(s),
>> that I found was a .pdf. Nothing in manuals was an executable.
>>
>> What is the MB model number?
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>>    What I have is a Biostar GeForce6100-M9 and of course I already have
>> the User's Manual. I need the BIOS Manual. On that section it is all
>> .exe files.
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> 
> A BIOS manual? Never seen one from a motherboard maker. Not sure that I
> have ever seen one at all.
> 
> Motherboard makers buy the BIOS chips from a different manufacturer. Or
> at least they used to do that. What you might find are BIOS updates and
> patches. But again those usually come for the maker of the BIOS. What
> you *probably* have is a .exe to change your BIOS or something on the
> MB. Drivers and things maybe. *Could* be a bad thing. Those are WinRar
> BTW not WinZip files.
> 
> When you *first boot* there is a screen that usually flashes by very
> quickly. At the very top will be the name and all the other information
> of your BIOS. As I said - goes by fast.  :-) You might have to boot
> several times to get it all. It helps if there are two of you. One to
> read out loud and one to write.
> 
> Does this help?
> 
> Howstuffworks "How BIOS Works"
> 
> http://www.howstuffworks.com/bios1.htm
> 
> There a plenty of Google hits about BIOS.
> - --
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> 
>   David
>

Or get XP added to a "How Stuff Doesn't Work" website.

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