letoured@together.net wrote:
>at 08:57 AM, vic_in_wa@rosalinds.net said:
>
>>While certainly this is true the possibility is remote. If the lightening
>>struck your house the TP could be toast as well, bios or no bios. Requiring a
>>battery to flash the bios is somewhat akin to requiring a UPS to flash the
>>bios in a desktop machine. Both are a good idea, but neither should be
>>absolutely required.
>
> I said nothing about striking your house.
>
> Think Pads do not have the power suppy protection of a desktop machine.
>
And the power cord plug is a lot more likely to get pulled accidentally
on a ThinkPad than on a desktop system...
Chances of IBM service being able to determine that your system board
was fried from a failed BIOS upgrade vs. from some other malady are
slim, so IBM is just protecting itself from paying to fix your
misfortune under warranty.
Rob
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