Re: Modern hw-killing virus feasible

[Syzop <syz () DDS NL>]

"Juan M. Courcoul" wrote:

> > *I* know how to fix such problems, but if I had my BIOS flashed,
> > for all intents and purposes, I would be buying a new board too
> > most likely because I don't have ready steady access to a EPROM
> > flasher, not to mention the time and effort involved in trying to
> > track down a copy of a rom - and thus time == money, yada yada.
>
> Nope, a new board is basically your only option. Unless EEPROM technology
> changed significantly since I last checked, you cannot flash the chip "on the
> board", cause the rest of the electronics will act up and introduce an error
> factor.

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I don't know if more vendors have this, but I've an Intel motherboard and you
can flash the EEPROM, but if something 'went wrong' you can restore the original
bios by switching a jumper, the computer will then boot (with almost nothing,
ie: no video) and restore the bios from a floppy.
This is because (IIRC) a small part of the BIOS isn't flashable (ROM).

    Syzop.