Comments on: What is “Flashing the BIOS”?

By: T. Wrecks

T. Wrecks — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:11:32 +0000

Some motherboard manufacturers, such as Gigabyte, actually install 2 BIOS chips on the motherboard for just such an occasion. Evidently bad flashes happened enough to warrant the back-up chip. If you corrupt one, the other one boots right up. So, if you are into custom builds, and have an itch to tinker with BIOS, I would recommend deploying this type of board...

By: Asa abdelhlaim

Asa abdelhlaim — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:13:13 +0000

I left my laptop for a minute when I returned there was a notice that my touch pad would not work during flashing. i did not know what flashing was, as in my 20 years of owning a computer i have never encountered it. I thought it could be something that worked automatically. A few minutes later the screen went black and the computer sounded like a car (only lower level of noise) it continued to do so for almost an hour. I tried to turn the computer off but it won't go off, so i pulled the plug and removed the battery. a minute late I turned it on, and it asked for for an outside source of power, i plugged it in and it started to fix the "corrput BIOS" after finishing that the computer was back to its normal (self). How do i prevent this from happening again. I am by no means a "super" user. thank you

By: Polished Plaster

Polished Plaster — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:21:05 +0000

I was about to flash mine for the sake of it!!