Saturday, September 29, 2007

BIOS III: Updates

Normally the BIOS that ships with the PC is all you need. But sometimes you might need updates.

  • You have device problems or bugs that your PC mfg identifies as BIOS based.
  • You have device problems that seem to have no other cause than the BIOS, and you have exhausted all other avenues.
  • You need to use new hardware options that are supported by your mobo but are NOt supported by BIOS.

The BIOS mfgs do not provide updates to consumers. They provide the BIOS to the mfgs in an incomplete state. The PC mfgs make the final mods and tailor the BIOS to their hardware. This "tailored" BIOS is what you get.