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atf300
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Location: Slovenistan
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 Posted: Sun, 30th Nov 2008 00:06 Post subject: Bad BIOS FLASHING , have to wait a week for the replacement |
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i went on and flashed the bios on my shuttle media machine because it didnt recognize the gfx card properly , well wouldnt you have thought , it froze in mid process , now the machine doesnt even output any video , so im forced to wait till the replacement chip arrives from germany. if only shuttle had a recovery feature as intel does . damn chinese cutting costs so i have to pay 20 euro and wait a week . the fuckers .
oh btw , i later found out that it was a bad jumper block which caused the gfx issue , so i didnt need a bios upgrade afterall.
all this just to cut cost! and i had a nice little weekend plan to setup the machine properly during the weekend , now im bored and a bit ill .
companies dont cut costs at supposedly premium products !!!
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| Posted: Sun, 30th Nov 2008 01:41 Post subject: |
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Yeah man. Bios flashes still make me super nervous. I watch it progress like a damn hawk and the slightest pause causes me to go nuts.
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| Posted: Sun, 30th Nov 2008 01:56 Post subject: |
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I just don't do it tbh , when comes to bios and critical software like that , I won't touch it unless I have some kind of guarantee
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Frant
King's Bounty
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Location: Your Mom
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| Posted: Sun, 30th Nov 2008 02:21 Post subject: |
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Next time try to get a board with a crash-free BIOS (dual bioses etc.)! Saves you a lot of grief.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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atf300
Posts: 170
Location: Slovenistan
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| Posted: Sun, 30th Nov 2008 02:33 Post subject: |
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| Frant wrote: | | Next time try to get a board with a crash-free BIOS (dual bioses etc.)! Saves you a lot of grief. |
i usually only do intel boards for stability , but this time i bought a shuttle small factor pc for a media machine for the living room .
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| Posted: Sun, 30th Nov 2008 03:42 Post subject: |
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most boards atleast let you flash the original bios back on which comes on the motherboard CD even if they dont have dual bios
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SycoShaman
VIP Master Jedi
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sun, 30th Nov 2008 04:36 Post subject: |
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| FireMaster wrote: | | I just don't do it tbh , when comes to bios and critical software like that , I won't touch it unless I have some kind of guarantee |
same here, when it comes to critical/expensive shit, i get someone who is certified to play with it and if they fuck it up, they are responsible and I dont incurr any extra cost (Id rather pay some A+ tech guy at a store to do it for me and I can do it and have, but I wont with my current comp, way to many expensive parts and such). |
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lhzr
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Location: RO
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Dec 2008 00:02 Post subject: |
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| KrAzY-KaMeL wrote: | | Yeah man. Bios flashes still make me super nervous. I watch it progress like a damn hawk and the slightest pause causes me to go nuts. |
that's why I like asus boards when it comes to bios upgrades etc |
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lhzr
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atf300
Posts: 170
Location: Slovenistan
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Dec 2008 18:59 Post subject: |
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im still waiting for the replacement chip to arrive .
the big irony is , that the gfx card because of which i flashed the bios turned out to be defective .
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