As a forward and a testiment to my computer experience, take note that I’ve been building my own PCs for over 15 years at this point…my first being an 80286 (prior to that I did have a prefab machine, an Olivetti 8086, think it’s still in my parent’s basement). Never would I buy a Dell or HP (unless we’re talking laptops and even then it’s not likely). With that said, let us get on to the story.
A bit over a week ago, I got an update notification from Biostar saying that there was an update for my motherboard’s bios. Usually this is no big deal…I download it, flash it and be happy. This time, however, was different. I got lazy and used the provided Windows flash utility instead of putting together a boot disk for the task. Horrible move. As it turns out, bios flash utilities for Windows are much more prone to failure than their DOS counterparts…me being a cocky know-it-all SOB (no, my mother does not approve of that comment) did it anyway.
In any case, upon rebooting, the computer didn’t post. Not a single beep. I tried Biostar’s emergency flash steps to no avail. Because of my poor judgment in putting my trust in a Windowsapp, my computer was dead.
Luckily, I have a few other computers laying around so I was able to hop on the Internet to do some research and it was then I stumbled across BadBiosFlash.com. I had a quick email interchange with Paul at BadBiosFlash.com to confirm he could perform the flash and to discuss the time frame. Paul has, by far, the cheapest rates amongst the recovery bios companies, and is extremely quick. In fact, I sent my chip via regular mail, he sent it back via regular mail and the round trip was only three business days. Total cost to me $11 instead of $80-$150 for a new motherboard.
Anyway, I just thought I’d write this post to thank Paul for his extremely good service and to recommend him to anyone in need of a reflashed bios chip…he definitely does not disappoint.
Thanks Paul!
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