[vox-tech] mobo bios upgrades

[Foo Lim]

Hmm..  the last time I upgraded my BIOS, I had to download a Windoze 
executable to put on a bootable floppy along with the BIOS image.  Some 
mobo manufacturers have an executable that can upgrade while you're in 
Windoze.  However, both methods require you to have Windoze installed.  
Mark's method may work.  I haven't had to upgrade my BIOS in a long time 
(which also means I haven't bought new hardware in a long time  :(  ).

Foo

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

> a 64-bit mobo i'm eyeing takes PC2700.  just learned of a bios upgrade
> that lets the board use PC3200.
> 
> since i don't plan on putting MS windows on this machine i'm curious how
> you upgrade a bios, since i've never done it before.  do upgrades come
> in the form of...
> 
> a. bootable disk (like DOS) in which case linux users can use them?
> 
> b. a windows EXE, which case you have to install windows (i'm not sure
>    i'd use wine for this) to upgrade the bios.
> 
> c. both forms have been known to be used.
> 
> thx,
> pete
> 
>