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  1. 03-09-2005 #1
    Dude500
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    An Odd Question

    Can an operating system "shock" your BIOS?
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    Re: An Odd Question

    Quote Originally Posted by Dude500
    Can an operating system "shock" your BIOS?
    What do you mean by this? the OS jumping up on the BIOS and saying 'BOO!'?

    I can't see it haveing much effect on the BISO, not that I now a lot about BIOS though.
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    Re: An Odd Question

    Quote Originally Posted by dylunio
    What do you mean by this? the OS jumping up on the BIOS and saying 'BOO!'?
    HaHa That was a good one. I don't think OS can harm BIOS, unless you really want to "shock" it. It never happened to me.
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    Not so much to the OS, but there are a few utilitys that comes with like Linux that really can mess up your Bios config.
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