Flashing for fun

Hello fans, here’s some new pictures of George’s Funky World Adventures. So no Sex, drugs or Rock ‘n’ Roll on this little outing, but fun nonetheless. In fact this is the closest thing to sexy that you’re likely to see on my blog. Don’t be sad, I can post more interesting stuff later.

Busy, busy, busy…That pretty well sums up this month so far. Oh and bloody hot too. Thank god for air conditioning in the little Kia Rio.

Techno tip No. 3689.
There is a distinct difference between CMOS and BIOS. CMOS stands for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, whilst the BIOS is for Basic Input/Output System. The CMOS is at the hardware layer, the chip that the BIOS resides on. You could think of the CMOS as a flash memory chip and the BIOS as the operating system that controls it. In fact, almost all BIOS in new PC’s are flash memory chips that are upgradeable by flash bios upgrades. This is achieved by way of a bootable floppy, CDROM, DVDROM, flash memory drive, or floppy disk: Or via downloaded files from the manufacturer’s website. Some motherboards now have dual or even quad BIOS features to preserve BIOS config data.

BIOS is your friend, remember, don’t update your BIOS unless you really have to! A failed flashing of the BIOS can render your main board useless, especially in the event of power failure or premature shutdown during the flash. Anatomical analogies for instance, would be voluntary lobotomies or *gulp* casual weekends at a vasectomy clinic.

All rather painful and unnecessary. If however, you’re the kind of person that would happily sell their spleen for cold hard cash, then BIOS flashing is right up your Kaiser.

Remember, flashing has its risks and you don’t want to get caught with your pants down and a floppy in your hand…Nay friends, we all want a good hard drive with a firm-ware upgrade success story to brag about on the weekend.

Sayonara, flashers!