Motherboard question, and yep, probably a dumb one
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:02 pm
I have a computer now (although I'm looking to get different one), that when it restarts, it says bios is not installed. Is that the motherboard bios? What is a bios lol, I think it's the parameters of how the computer will run but not sure at all. I have an athlon 64 3400+ 2.2 ghz with a gig of ram (not sure what kind) and it has a 80 gig maxtor, nvidia geforce 5900 video card, but the mother board is a k8t neo that I can see and I think I see MSI stamped on it, is that the manufacturer?
So after reading some of the posts here for a few days, it seems that bios not being installed is a bad thing, but I don't know how to install it or where to get it. I assume it will make a difference in performance if it was corrected. It's been like ever since I got it about a year ago. I would like it to do more (be faster) but I'm a pure novice, so I'm not sure what to do and I don't want it to become unstable at all. My buddy tried to update his bios a couple months back and wiped his system, I don't want that to happen, so am I better off just living with it the way it is? Thanks for any input.
So after reading some of the posts here for a few days, it seems that bios not being installed is a bad thing, but I don't know how to install it or where to get it. I assume it will make a difference in performance if it was corrected. It's been like ever since I got it about a year ago. I would like it to do more (be faster) but I'm a pure novice, so I'm not sure what to do and I don't want it to become unstable at all. My buddy tried to update his bios a couple months back and wiped his system, I don't want that to happen, so am I better off just living with it the way it is? Thanks for any input.