What Happens to BIOS UPGRADE in RE-FORMAT and "Clean Install"?

[MegalosSkylaki]

Does it stay on firmware of CMOS ?

Does the BIOS need to be Upgraded again--and maybe an older CPU put back on Mobo to allow it ?

Can it be saved on bootdisc ?

Like iif I have a mobo with a BIOS that allegedly needs to be upgraded in order to support a AMD XP, and I fe-format (FDisk) to do a clean install of another OS, will I have to go back to the T'Bird supported by old BIOS to upgrade to New Bios suppoerting the XP?

Yes, some have been successful in using an XP to upgrade a T'Bird Mobo--but as a Newbie , I kinda of lean toward doing "by the book" 'cause if I get into trouble, won't have the experience to pull me out of jams.

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[GroundZero3]

nope, once you flash the bios, it will stay there until you flash it again.


no need to put old equipment. fdisk format and clean install only affect the hard drive

[muno]

Heh, not trying to be sarcastic,
but it would be cool to format your bios and install some other in place Like if you had phoenixnet etc...
-M

[Bullion]

fdisk tampers with the hard disk, the bios is a seperate chip. That is why when a flash goes wrong you need to reprogram the chip manually or replace it. In short they are two sperate entities and once flashed a bios cannot be changed unless flashed again

[MegalosSkylaki]

Thanks for the GOOD NEWS Everybody !

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