Re: [opensuse] Upgrading the BIOS - A THANK YOU



On 29/04/12 23:05, Graham Smith wrote:
Basil,

Have a look at a utility called flashrom for upgrading the BIOS. I have used
it successfully on my ASUS motherboard. You just run it on the command line.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashrom

http://flashrom.org/Flashrom

Oooh, so sorry for the much delayed reply - I just saw your message :-( .

Thank you for the above. Duly noted and saved.

Thank you again.

BC

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