[TriLUG] OT: BIOS question

[Craig Taylor]

On 2/13/07, Owen Berry <oberry at trilug.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:21:07AM -0500, John Mitchell wrote:
> > <snip> The only one I can think of is to try to flash the BIOS.
> > >
> > >Owen
> >
> > Owen,
> >
> >   If the machine is acting funny, one of the last things I would want
> > to do is flash the BIOS as this could be a recipe for acheving a
> > bricked motherboard.
> >   Strip PC to basic cards needed ( Video and nothing else if you can
> > do it) and see if you can get in to the BIOS.
> >
> > johnm
>
> Yes, I'm reluctant to do that too, and will try to avoid it ...
> hopefully I don't end up with that as a last resort.
>
> Owen

Someone else here has already mentioned but the first thing to try
with a flaky / broken machine is to start incrementally removing
components until you're left with all but the basics (video card,
motherboard, power supply, memory). Then start switching those out one
by one.

- Craig Taylor