[Wizard] bios reprogramming

[Harry McNally]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:21:02 +0800 Dave Hng <starfox@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> Seeing that i'm nearly done with exams i decided to play around with my 
> wizard a bit. I was mucking around with awardmod and modbin and changing 
> settings in the bios file (trying to reduce the 4 second boot delay), 
> and managed to flash a corrupted bios to my wizard.
> 
> Looks like they have a standard W29C020 bios which is pretty common 
> motherboards these days. Does anyone know where you can get a bios 
> reprogrammed in Perth? I've been wondering this for a while. (If i can't 
> find someone in Perth, looks like i'll be mailing it to Europe.. ^^)

Heck, no need for that :-)

Craig Ringer is wondering whether he'll need to reflash one too and I
suggested elsewhere:

"
As you may be aware (and for anyone else with dead m/bs), Mike Langan at
Worldwide Electronic Components, George Street, Kensington has the gear
to reflash BIOSes. Beware that his hours are non-geek. He is usually
there before 7am and knocks off at 3. Whoa betide if you come in
after 2.45! Anyone who knows Mike will know what I mean :-)

He tells me he gets quite a few people plodding in with the "my BIOS
didn't reflash properly" stories tho'.

He used to charge $5 I think but don't quote me.
"

There you go :)

Harry

ps I have a chip extracter for the J-leg chips I can bring along to UCC
next time but I suspect the tool cabinet has one down there. This true
Bernard, James, Nick ?

pps If you are very careful, you can use two jewellers screwdrivers in the
open corners and prise the chip out but it's best to watch someone do this
successfully before tackling it yourself.

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