Re: Good way to spook yourself

On 29 Jan 2006 13:27:41 -0800, "johns" <johns123@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Game PC is running perfectly. No problems at all. I'm even in the
>middle
>of one game and enjoying it. For some reason it occurred to me to
>upgrade
>my BIOS. Just a wandering though. So I went to the net to find the
>upgrade
>and got it down. Also got down @BIOS which gigabyte uses to do the
>upgrade from WinXP. Sat there like a dumbass and ran it. It worked, and
>on reboot I had upgraded from BIOS version F4 to F18 on my GA-K8NS
>mobo. Great. I tried to start the game I was playing, and it ran like a
>slide show with no color. I tried another game, Far Cry, and it would
>not
>start at all. HMMMMMM! Luckily, I had used @BIOS to save the old
>F4 version, so I retored F4. Rebooted, and games run fine. I suppose
>... just guessing ... that I should have upgraded the mobo drivers
>first ???
>I assume they would be backward compatible with F4, and forward
>compatible with F18 ???

Rule #1 with BIOS updates...... no obvious problems.. no updates !
Read all the BIOS update documentation.. if none of it applies to your

configuration, don't update.

Should you ever update your BIOS, you MUST clear the CMOS by
switching the CMOS jumper for 30 seconds AFTER REMOVING ALL
POWER FROM YOUR COMPUTER.

And an installation of the latest motherboard drivers is recommended
after a BIOS update. After a major jump in BIOS update, there is some
possibility that Windows will not boot at all, and you may have to
run a "Repair" or full install.

John Lewis

> One thing for sure. I'm really enjoying MOHPA.
>I'm in the swamp blasting Japs, and today I take special pleasure in
>it.
>
>johns
>

.

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