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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/05/2015 03:01 PM, Neb Radojkovic
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#003300">I
joined flashrom in hope that it will help me. I have an older
HP small-factor desktop computer where the BIOS</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#003300">is
somewhat limited for any adjusting/ changes. It takes forever
to boot to any OS I load and I was hoping that</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#003300">by
flashing and getting an open BIOS things will get faster and
better.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#003300">Now,
I have no real knowledge for doing so - I am an old guy who
would like to think that I can find enough info</div>
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do so. Is this the place that can help me for my task?</div>
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Hi Neb,<br>
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Yes this probably the wrong list for this discussion.<br>
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There are much easier ways to save time. There is the obvious risk
of installing<br>
a BIOS which doesn't work and turning your PC into a brick. It
sounds like you are hoping<br>
for a script to follow - it isn't that easy.<br>
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I'm new to this list too and planning to use flashrom to backup the
prom in a router<br>
before trying an open source firmware. Flashrom might be part of
the process<br>
but you should start by looking at the firmware you plan to use.
One project doing<br>
a BIOS replacement is coreboot.org. They have lists of supported
hardware. It is<br>
important to understand that hardware vendors may use the same name
for different<br>
hardware. Close isn't good enough.<br>
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Jim Houston<br>
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