Re: VIA KT133 data corruption update

From: Bryan O'Sullivan (bos@serpentine.com)
Date: Sat Oct 27 2001 - 10:11:11 EST


On Sat, 2001-10-27 at 06:17, Jan Niehusmann wrote:

> Please note that there have been broken versions of the 1009 BIOS
> around. I know one person, and I read from serveral ones, who flashed
> 1009 to their A7V and were unable to start the computer afterwards.
> (Hangs before/during POST).

Ouch. As it happens, my system now beeps repeatedly on POST, but
hitting the reset button convinces it to behave.

> As I don't use Windows at all, FreeDOS has proven very useful for
> flashing the bios. (www.freedos.org)

I should have thought of that, had it not been 3am.

        <b



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