On 2017-07-29 10:52 AM, William Park via talk wrote:
On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 05:21:14PM -0400, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
There are some motherboards that are including the ability to update the firmware from the motherboard firmware without the need to boot to an operating system. The ASUS motherboard I have includes such a feature. It makes doing firmware updates a lot easier.
I thought it was always like that. I don't remember booting to Windows to upgrade BIOS of motherboard.
No, it wasn't always like that. AFAICR the ability to flash the BIOS from a memory stick is a more recent thing. Until this latest hardware upgrade I had not seen a motherboard that had the ability to reprogram itself without the need of some special program which would only run under either DOS or Windows. In the very early days flashing a BIOS meant pulling the memory chip out of the board and replacing it, or using a UV light to erase the EPROM containing the BIOS and reprogram it using a device for programming EPROMs. That was a very different time. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick