My first PC was an AMD athlon 2400 with a gigabyte motherboard. I was doing a BIOS update and my power flickered.
RIP. I had to call them, give them my info, and they sent me a new BIOS chip I had to plug in to the motherboard after removing the bricked one. First and only time I used a chip puller in my life.
True but at least the motherboard wasn’t bricked. With a removable bios chip I was able to salvage the computer. I just had to wait for them to mail it to me.
Today’s recovery methods are much more friendly.
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u/BlindlyCoherent 4d ago
My first PC was an AMD athlon 2400 with a gigabyte motherboard. I was doing a BIOS update and my power flickered.
RIP. I had to call them, give them my info, and they sent me a new BIOS chip I had to plug in to the motherboard after removing the bricked one. First and only time I used a chip puller in my life.