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re: Creating a paper weight
Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 11:15 am
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Posted by jack hall (681 messages posted)


Jacob6601 said....

If your hardware works now, any problems in 2000 will be driver issues, NOT bios 
related. Adding/changing hardware might require it -- most likely with the addition 
of a large drive.

Finally, if you flash a bios simply because an update is available, you deserve a 
paperweight.
Jacob,that was the definitive answer. Thank you.
I don't want to flash, unless mandatory. 






On Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 1:54 pm, Jacob6601 wrote:
>The answer to the question is that it is a documentation error. The problem: you
>don't know which statement is correct. Better to post on a hardware (IBM) forum to
>find someone who has used that flash app.
>
>If your hardware works now, any problems in 2000 will be driver issues, NOT bios
>related. Adding/changing hardware might require it -- most likely with the addition
>of a large drive.
>
>Finally, if you flash a bios simply because an update is available, you deserve a
>paperweight.



Written in response to:
re: Creating a paper weight (Jacob6601: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 1:54 pm)

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*re: Creating a paper weight (Jacob6601: Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 4:15 pm)

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-Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Tue, Jun 3, 2008, 7:15 pm)
-re: Creating a paper weight (dhm: Tue, Jun 3, 2008, 8:03 pm)
*re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 10:08 am)
-re: Creating a paper weight (gewg_: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 11:53 am)
*re: Creating a paper weight (dhm: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 4:19 pm)
*re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Thu, Jun 5, 2008, 11:09 am)
*re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Thu, Jun 5, 2008, 11:01 am)
-re: Creating a paper weight (dhm: Tue, Jun 3, 2008, 8:33 pm)
-re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 10:12 am)
*re: Creating a paper weight (dhm: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 4:40 pm)
-re: Creating a paper weight (Steve: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 6:50 am)
*re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 10:27 am)
-re: Creating a paper weight (Jacob6601: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 7:47 am)
-re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 10:15 am)
-re: Creating a paper weight (Jacob6601: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 1:54 pm)
-re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Thu, Jun 5, 2008, 11:15 am)
*re: Creating a paper weight (Jacob6601: Thu, Jun 5, 2008, 4:15 pm)
-re: Creating a paper weight (dhm: Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 4:45 pm)
*re: Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Thu, Jun 5, 2008, 11:22 am)
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