Why so many BIOS dumps requests?

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  • Chungalin
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jul 2014
    • 422
    • Spain
    #1

    Why so many BIOS dumps requests?

    Which is the real percent of laptop failures that are due to BIOS corruption?

    I ask because I'm a bit surprised that about a third of posts in this forum are BIOS requests, while I've never encountered a problem of this kind. Is it that people tries BIOS replacement before attempting something else?
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    • Sojke
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2017
      • 131
      • Serbia
      #2
      Re: Why so many BIOS dumps requests?

      When not sure it is always best to try the more easier and less risky operations first. BIOS program can fail out of various reasons.

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        • jiroy
          Badcaps Legend
          • Jun 2016
          • 2416
          • Lebanon
          #3
          Re: Why so many BIOS dumps requests?

          Well , at least in Acer one's case , their Bioses are always the first thing to check .. Really crappy .

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            • goontron
              5000!
              • Dec 2011
              • 4108
              • US
              #4
              Re: Why so many BIOS dumps requests?

              I've seen Lenovos update tool do more harm than good many a time. Hence why i ported Coreboot to my T520i ("i" being the important distinction here, very little of the hardware is the same addresses and the microcode it builds is incorrect, compared to the T520 build option)
              Last edited by goontron; 07-04-2017, 03:47 PM. Reason: I speel gud.
              Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....

              "Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me

              Excuse me while i do something dangerous


              You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.

              Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore

              Follow the white rabbit.

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