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Old October 22nd, 2014, 09:54 AM
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Ned Seagoon Ned Seagoon is offline
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The discussion in this thread reminds me of the discussion of old regarding Flashing BIOS.

Back in the early days of PCs it became fashionable to upgrade the BIOS on the motherboard for no particular reason other than a later version of the BIOS became available.

I did this, in ignorance of the possible hazards, but without any problems.

However I know of people who stuffed their motherboard completely when the flash went wrong, it cost them a new MoBo, and in those days they were quite a deal more expensive than they are today.

It soon became apparent that such action (flash the BIOS) was only to be undertake when a major problem existed, and not just because a later version of the BIOS existed.

If I had remained ignorant I may have posted that "Flashing a BIOS is OK, because I've done it and it worked for me", but I became educated as to the risks and a strong advocate for leaving things alone if they are not broken.