Re: new PC catch-22

MassiveProng wrote:

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:58:01 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Gave us:


JoeBloe wrote:


On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:08:58 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Gave us:



I mentioned (very recently) that my friend had indeed used those WinXP CDs to install on an older machine (1year to 1.5 years old).
So it is the bleeding edge that is bleeding him; that beta version of the BIOS did help, but not enough.
Then again, "beta" means either incomplete or not fully tested or both...



Well, that was certainly not a good decision. One should ONLY
install released BIOS files during initial set up routines.

A "released" BIOS version may not be available for another 6 months...



NO! You stated that you updated it once, and then again with a
beta. THT ONE file before the beta, but after the initial IS the most
recent released version, and ruling it out because your stuff didn't
work after putting it in was a mistake. Well... at least installing
the beta was anyway.

I still suspect a CPU or MOBO issue. There are hundreds of pins, and
those non-soldered mechanical links are where failures most often
occur. Have you pulled the cpu and checked its pins? Made sure the
RAM is properly seated, etc.
More echos here...the BIOS update (beta) *IMPROVED* the situation; it *solved* the Intel CPU uCODE error problem.
And the date of that update file was newer than the file corresponding to the BIOS as shipped.
Yet more echos...there are *three* computers, all the same; to assume failures like you imply is asinine at minimum; the computers otherwise worked perfectly (echos and echos...).
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