Subj : 10 net
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 06:37 pm

Hey TOM!

Sep 11 07:38 05, TOM WALKER wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 MK>>The bios is the biggest drawback.

 TW>  that is a Problem with abut ALL mother Boards.

Too true, except that some are better then others.

 TW> That day of a 
 TW> Universalk
 TW>  BIOS dies long abo. THEY ALL are propority to Not only the Name 
 TW> Company
 TW>  but also a Particualr Chip Set and in some cases other things on
 TW>  the MB as well.

Right.  Controller chips, such as pci, can have limitations that are lower then 
the number of slots available.  Mind you sometimes overkill can be a good thing 
if one of the slots decides to pack it in for whatever reason and a card can be 
swapped out to another.  That has happened to me a few times.

 TW> When I was chasing drivers for those Compaq machines I saw LOTS of 
 TW> BIOS
 TW> upgrades on the Compaq Web site.
 TW>  What was your Particualr problem with the Compaq BIOS

I have no problem with them since I never use their stuff.  I don't like their 
stuff.  They can keep them.  :-)

I do 'steal' their ram though but treat their stuff as disposable/recyclable 
material.  I'd never buy any of that and don't appreciate the way they decided 
to do the bios (especially).  Keyboards also seem to pack it in faster on 
Compaqs for whatever reason.  Perhaps they are overpowering the ps2 port?

Life is good,
Maurice

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