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= BIOS Update / Flashing = | |||
* Updating your BIOS can be *very* dangerous. Don't touch a working system; a bad BIOS flashing can result in a computer not rebooting. | * Updating your BIOS can be *very* dangerous. Don't touch a working system; a bad BIOS flashing can result in a computer not rebooting. | ||
* If something goes wrong with the BIOS update, be very careful. You can repair the motherboard by removing the BIOS chip and replacing it with a new one. | * If something goes wrong with the BIOS update, be very careful. You can repair the motherboard by removing the BIOS chip and replacing it with a new one. | ||
* You must never remove the plastic around the BIOS chip. *Only* the BIOS chip. If you remove the plastic it'll be next to impossible to replace it and your motherboard will become junk. | * You must never remove the plastic around the BIOS chip. *Only* the BIOS chip. If you remove the plastic it'll be next to impossible to replace it and your motherboard will become junk. | ||
= Setting up your own box = | |||
* Motherboards usually come with their own I/O panel - a metal shield that should be put at the end of the computer case. To fix it, push it from the inside of the motherboards while applying pressure simultaneously at all 4 angles. | |||
* Motherboards don't contain a lot of cables - those come from either the power supply block or the case itself (cables are needed to link the USB ports in the front of the case for instance). | |||
Revision as of 00:37, 16 November 2009
BIOS Update / Flashing
- Updating your BIOS can be *very* dangerous. Don't touch a working system; a bad BIOS flashing can result in a computer not rebooting.
- If something goes wrong with the BIOS update, be very careful. You can repair the motherboard by removing the BIOS chip and replacing it with a new one.
- You must never remove the plastic around the BIOS chip. *Only* the BIOS chip. If you remove the plastic it'll be next to impossible to replace it and your motherboard will become junk.
Setting up your own box
- Motherboards usually come with their own I/O panel - a metal shield that should be put at the end of the computer case. To fix it, push it from the inside of the motherboards while applying pressure simultaneously at all 4 angles.
- Motherboards don't contain a lot of cables - those come from either the power supply block or the case itself (cables are needed to link the USB ports in the front of the case for instance).