Don't try to update the BIOS of a generic x86 mini-server if the manufacturer does not offer it on its website. I didn't learn the lesson the first time but I certainly did the second one. $200-ish down the drain that way
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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It's not that bad, bios is stored on an eeprom chip that can be programmed with some special device. On some motherboards (usually older) the chip is socketed which is really nice. On others, you need to desolder it. If you can find someone doing electronic repair, they might be able to fix it.
If I ever find someone with enough hardware and electronics knowledge to revive those two boards (in Central America I should add), I'd just give them up for free for all I care.
I should never have been born
Be aware of your own finances and don't blindly trust your family.
Don't bomb it down a slope you don't know (snowboarding). Someone pointed me to a "hospital" which turned out to be a private clinic and my insurance didn't cover the ridiculously overpriced CT scan.
"Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly"
[as opposed to "not done at all" because you're overthinking it]
Money wise I once ran a speed lab and lost a couple grand on it after my associate chikened out because his half brother got whacked. But it was fun.
Overall. I studied for an acounting tecnician in my teenage years. Thats what i regret the most in my life. No human being should go through that. One of the reasons i dont have a college degree is tgat after going through that i sworeupon my soul and upon the mass that i would never again go through anything similar.
What is a speed lab? You literally make speed? Lmao sounds fun
Well i dont any more. But yea it was a fun bussines venture, comming up with the various chemichal proceses.
Thank you for your service, you served many students ๐, you are in all ways superior to every single US soldier.
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Check that your cpu can use all your ram mhz :(