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re: Creating a paper weight
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(966 messages posted)
Before anyone responds to this, note that Jack Hall is posting this in multiple forums.
So read my editing of his message before trying to answer:
On Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 7:15 pm, jack hall wrote:
>Well, I have an IBM 6269N2U net vista, running windows 98SE.
>My current bios is a (slash 15 version). The newest according to levono is a (slash
>21).
>Feeding all the correct data to them, I downloaded the current flash with this
absurb
>set of instructions. Read carefully... in part it says......****Flash BIOS update
>- Bootable diskette version
>for IBM(R) NetVista(R) 6018, 6269, and 6345 computers
>for IBM(R) Aptiva(R) 2194 computers
>version PTKT21A
>Installation README
>(For floppy install)
>
>
>This package updates the basic input/output system (BIOS) for
>use with IBM Aptiva 2194-xxx systems using the Intel 810e core
>chipset, this does not include the 2194-23B, 2194-32B, and the
>2194-441 as well as IBM NetVista 6018-xxx, 6269-xxx, and
>6345-xxx systems.
>
>BIOS is programming that controls low-level hardware operations,
>including interactions with diskette drives, hard disk drives,
>and the keyboard. The BIOS is stored on a chip. Your computer
>uses flash BIOS, which can be updated through a program on a
>flash diskette so that you do not have to replace the BIOS
>chip to update the BIOS.******
>It's contradicting itself. Any suggestions ???
>Thanks in advance...
>Jack Hall...
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- Creating a paper weight (jack hall: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 7:15 pm)
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