Revision as of 02:29, 14 May 2010

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.

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).

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 * 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).
+= Identifying your motherboard model =
+* On Linux just run dmidecode. It will give your motherboard model.