Are there negative effects of SLIC bios mods?

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by wagoff, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. wagoff

    wagoff MDL Novice

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    #1 wagoff, Sep 21, 2007
    So I have an Asus a8n32-sli and I have vista downloaded, the specific bios for the mobo from this forum, and I am pretty much ready to go. But before i do this I wanted to know if are there any negative effects to modding the bios with the slic code? Does it take away any functionality of the motherboard or slow anything down? Also, what if i mod the bios but just end up using XP anyways, any problems there?

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  2. CHB68

    CHB68 MDL Novice

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    #2 CHB68, Sep 21, 2007
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    Well, I flashed my Bios (ASUS P5KR) yesterday and did not note any negative effects as it doesen't effect the hardware at all. Simply said; you modify your current bios by adding an information only. So If the flash performs fine it works like a charm.
     
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  3. randyored

    randyored MDL Junior Member

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    #3 randyored, Dec 23, 2007
    Well, the worst problem is if it doesn't work and it bricks your motherboard. I had a motherboard that I installed a modded bios an it would lock up on intializing the floopy. That made it basically bricked because I could not boot from a floopy to rollback the bios. Bricked!!
     
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    golumolu MDL Novice

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    #5 golumolu, Jul 6, 2008
    roll back to original BIOS from Modded BIOS

    Is it possible to roll back to original BIOS from Modded BIOS ?
     
  6. petar

    petar MDL Expert

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    #6 petar, Jul 6, 2008
    Yes it is, simlpy flash it with the original unmodded bios.
     
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    xStevenx MDL Novice

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    #7 xStevenx, Jul 6, 2008
    Yet again this is assuming that all went as planned. If successful the answer is yes. If it is bricked then no.
     
  8. juzz

    juzz MDL Member

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    #8 juzz, Jul 7, 2008
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    Thats why it's good idea to have bootable USB/CD/something else too ;)

    I have afudos and bios files on my bootable USB stick -> no need to even install floppy drive to the case and I can keep it disabled on bios all the time


    EDIT: but of course there is slight chance that something goes wrong and mobo gets bricked. Tho new mobos are quite good at recovering old bios compared to some old MOBOs.