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  • myth77
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Feb 2017
    • 380
    • Croatia
    #1

    Bios data?

    I am new in trying to repair computers, laptops...but i wonted to talk about what is storred in bios? I found out that when i make bios upgrade from the manufacturer page that sometimes installing or upgrading is not enough? Why? I believe that some things are storred on bios regardless bios update and so on...for example, i had one asus sabertooth x79 motherboard that was in the start-up loop, restarts and so on...no metter how many times i tried to update bios through usb bios port i was successfull, but i didnt fix the problem..then i removed the bios chip and reprogramm it used some bios dump i found on the internet...and yes it was working fine. I have also few other examples...
    So, i believe that bios versions from manufacturer pages are not the whole info/data storred on the bios chip...do you agree? Or i understood something wrong?
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    • diif
      Badcaps Legend
      • Feb 2014
      • 6978
      • England
      #2
      Re: Bios data?

      Yes, generally the BIOS you find on a motherboard manufacturer's website will just be updates, part of the contents maybe new features but usually bug fixes and new CPUs. A dump as you found is the whole content.

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