re: Creating a paper weight
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(966 messages posted)
Golly, you sure have panicked. I mean, with 673 messages posted here you forgot
that this site uses HTML and if you don't include the paragraph and break tag or,
failing that, use "Check this box to preserve your spacing...".
Here, I'll help so others can read it.
On Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 7:15 pm, jack hall wrote:
Well, I have an IBM 6269N2U net vista, running windows 98SE.
My current bios is a (slash 15 version). The newest according to levono [Lenovo]is a (slash 21).
Feeding all the correct data to them, I downloaded the current flash with this absurb
set of instructions. Read carefully... in part it says......
****Flash BIOS update
- Bootable diskette version
for IBM(R) NetVista(R) 6018, 6269, and 6345 computers
for IBM(R) Aptiva(R) 2194 computers
version PTKT21A
Installation README
(For floppy install)
This package updates the basic input/output system (BIOS) for
use with IBM Aptiva 2194-xxx systems using the Intel 810e core
chipset, this does not include the 2194-23B, 2194-32B, and the
2194-441 as well as IBM NetVista 6018-xxx, 6269-xxx, and
6345-xxx systems.
BIOS is programming that controls low-level hardware operations,
including interactions with diskette drives, hard disk drives,
and the keyboard. The BIOS is stored on a chip. Your computer
uses flash BIOS, which can be updated through a program on a
flash diskette so that you do not have to replace the BIOS
chip to update the BIOS.******
It's contradicting itself. Any suggestions ???
Thanks in advance...
Jack Hall...
Okay. Some impressions. BIOS chips and CMOS chips nowadays commonly are not ROMS
burned once and for all at the factory. They are EPROMS and new firmware can be
loaded. Flash BIOS refers to this. I've once -- and only once -- upgraded my BIOS
years ago.
Find the flash program on the diskette. Run it.
First consult the manufacturer:
I've never owned a laptop, much less a dead laptop so I don't know if it would make
a good paperweight. Albeit, 3 dead desktop computers laid flat one on the other
make a good end table.
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