Windows XP Sucks!

David Boles dgboles at gmail.com
Fri Nov 30 03:14:17 UTC 2007


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fred smith wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 05:37:34PM -0500, David Boles wrote:
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>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>> David Boles wrote:
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>  
>>>>>>    I got the file holding the Manual for my BIOS on this computer from
>>>>>> BioStar web page and after clicking on the manual thing I d/l a file. It
>>>>>> is CRUS5-M9_0829C_B.exe and I have d/l it several times because of
>>>>>> Windows.
>>>>>>     
>>>
>>>  
>>>>>> snip<
>>>>>>     
>>> Karl. I have no idea exactly what you have there but I went to the
>>> Biostar website and every manual file, Documentations in the Menu(s),
>>> that I found was a .pdf. Nothing in manuals was an executable.
>>>
>>> What is the MB model number?
>>>
>>>    What I have is a Biostar GeForce6100-M9 and of course I already have
>>> the User's Manual. I need the BIOS Manual. On that section it is all
>>> .exe files.
>>
>> A BIOS manual? Never seen one from a motherboard maker. What you might
>> find are BIOS updates and patches. What you *probably* have is a .exe to
>> change your BIOS. *Could* be a bad thing.
> 
> My gigabyte motherboard came with THREE printed manuals, one of them
> is the "bios manual" in the sense that it shows all the BIOS setup screens
> with vague descriptions of what each option does.


"vague descriptions" I have seen. I think Karl is looking for details.
If you really. really, look at the BIOS it still has stuff in it from
the 'horse n' wagon' computer days.

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  David
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