On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:28:14 -0400
"Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 08/20/2012 11:11 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. writes:
>
>> Ok so here's another issue I've recently come across, wonder if
>> anyone has info on this: I have a Gateway T6321 laptop and it's
>> running my Fedora 17 just fine, I recently noticed my BIOS for
>> this laptop was OLD...(1998! I think!) and I was wondering how do
>> I go about installing the BIOS update from the Gateway site? It's
>> a zip file but I don't know where to unzip it to!...help!
>
> Is there a particular problem that you're trying to solve by
> installing a BIOS update for your laptop, or do you wish to accept
> a risk, as small as might be, of bricking your laptop, that's
> running Fedora 17 "just fine", for no good reason whatsoever?
>
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It's just that I'm concerned, the BIOS is showing as being from 2008,
and I wanted to keep it up to date along with everything else I've
updated. there's no real concern, just thought it'd be a good idea to
get it as close to the "present" as possible.....is this not a good
idea? and what does "brick my computer" mean?
EGO II
if it's not broken, don't fix it.
My BIOS version is as old as my notebook (2002)
It's a metaphor
1. V. Rendering a piece of technology unfunctional, in all practicality
making it useless, as in a brick
Source: Ubrandictionary.
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