[TriLUG] OT: BIOS repair

Scott Chilcote scottchilcote at earthlink.net
Mon Jun 23 09:32:14 EDT 2008


Steve Hoffman wrote:
> So that got me thinking.  Does anyone know of anywhere I can
> ship a Dell motherboard to have the BIOS reflashed?  Does anyone have a
> non-functioning XPS Gen4 or Gen5 they'd like to offload cheap?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve

Steve:

The BIOS chip is usually socketed so that it can be replaced when dead. 
    I haven't dealt with Dell, but you may be able to order a 
replacement BIOS chip from them and install it yourself.

Good luck,

Scott C.



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