From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: BIOS or what
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:28:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTik9s0VBTm8RQyRYNuxQVNjpK-x_TOgzGh9u_syN@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20110301T165128-702@post.gmane.org>
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:55 AM, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> <alain.didierjean <at> free.fr> writes:
>
>
>> I'm starting to think about my next development desktop. One
>> question haunts me:is the BIOS still a fatality? Is there a
>> known and tested alternative available
>> UEFI? Open Firmware? coreboot? other? Experience welcome
>
> Well, I've been researching my next mobo too and
> I think that GigaByte (some boards) allow
> for 2 bios copies to be stored on the mobo.
> That would mean a bios failure is not catastrophic?
>
> Surely someone on the list has some experience in this,
> maybe playing with Gigabyte's "core unlock" feature
> to get a X3 running as a quad core?
>
> James
One of my Asus boards (Rampage II Extreme) allows two BIOS copies.
Everything about the board has been reliable over the year I've owned
it so I haven't needed to use it other than a single BIOS update right
after I got the board.
- Mark
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-01 17:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-01 10:23 [gentoo-user] BIOS or what alain.didierjean
2011-03-01 13:48 ` Florian Philipp
2011-03-01 15:55 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-03-01 17:28 ` Mark Knecht [this message]
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