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Hey kids, who wants to pwn a million BIOSes?

Maelstorm Bronze badge

Then you have the other issue with motherboard manufacturers. (cough)Giga(cough)byte(cough) actually discourages BIOS updates. The manual states:

"Since a BIOS update is an inherently risky procedure, it should not be done unless you are experiencing a bug. If you are not, then it should not be done."

So, what's a user to do when the mobo manufacturer makes a statement like that? Myself, I tend to ignore it. But the dual BIOS setup is nice as there is a backup BIOS that will reflash the main BIOS to get the system up and running on a failed or corrupt BIOS.

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