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    Question Replacing bios chips

    Ussualy on a standard PC mother board they slip out with a simple socket extractor...
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    Question Need advice on new Motherboard/CPU Tight budget.

    That is a sweet deal. Thank you.
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    Question Need advice on new Motherboard/CPU Tight budget.

    Was going to do some reading on this board. https://www.newegg.com/msi-mag-b550m-mortar-max-wifi-micro-atx-amd-b550-am4/p/N82E16813144636?Item=N82E16813144636
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    Question Replacing bios chips

    Some boards are bricked from bad flashes.
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    Question Replacing bios chips

    A bunch of old timers used to help out people with corrupted bios from bad flashes or corrupted from overclocking. We used to boot up into windows. Extract the boards chip. Place in a blank chip. Flash any bios needed. Then put back the boards chip with its bios. Anyone do this anymore with...
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    Question Need advice on new Motherboard/CPU Tight budget.

    CPU like this one? https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-8600g-ryzen-5-8000-g-series-phoenix-zen-4-socket-am5/p/N82E16819113814?Item=N82E16819113814 Looking for something cheap right now and save for a higher end CPU and GPU maybe by summer. Who is the hot motherboard manufacture these days for...
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    Question Need advice on new Motherboard/CPU Tight budget.

    I have used CPUz and Sandra soft trying to ID the GPU. It just says Radeon 7900 series. The Asrock 970m Pro 3 is a nice stable little board. No bells and whistles. If you are willing to read, write settings down and have a solid PSU that puts out clean stable current it can overclock. Winter...
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    Question No POST after flashing the BIOS ?

    Are you seeing anything on the screen? Did you reset the cmos?
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    Question Linux on an old laptop

    Try Ubuntu if your new to linux. This distro is designed for older machines. https://lubuntu.me/
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    Question Need advice on new Motherboard/CPU Tight budget.

    Need advice on new build. I have never built an am4 rig. Money is tight. Looking for a solid motherboard and getting a CPU with integrated graphics and upgrading to a decent gpu later on. My current rig is an Asrock 970m Pro.3 with HD 7900 series GPU. Figuring CPU with Integrated graphics...