It would be REALLY GREAT if someone could modify the first post in this thread with the following disclaimer: If your BIOS is RSA signed (you can find this out [here]), note that it is pointless to bother looking further into modifying the BIOS. The RSA signature has a complex algorithm that makes it immensely difficult to break. And even still, people who have successfully flashed such a modified BIOS end up running into problems, such as a system halt that forces removal of the CMOS battery. Bottom line: If your BIOS is too restrictive for your needs, consider getting yourself a different computer, one without such BIOS restrictions. Btw, Tito -- you had replied to an earlier post of mine inquiring about RSA signed BIOS modification and you said it's not possible. I would have listened to you had I not come across others who gave me a glimmer of hope. It turns out that this hope is more like 0.1% likely, if that... Maybe the highly skilled hacker can figure out a way to tailor a BIOS to their machine whereby the RSA signature is effectively defeated or mimicked, but trying to provide such a modified BIOS for others to use is likely a dead end. I personally think it best to make sure for any unsuspecting newbie who joins MDL in a quest to modify their BIOS white list that this is a fruitless pursuit.
in reply to the Acer Aspire One D270 Bios, I'm just checking whether the BIOS is any different for a Linux or Windows based laptop, I assume not, but just checking before I brick my Windows 7 netbook Thanks in advance for your reply.