Tag: bios
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Asus Slate EP121/B121 disassemble and BIOS replacement
Recently, I upgraded my Asus Slate EP121 to the latest 704 BIOS version, through the inbuilt BIOS flash utility and unfortunately I bricked it (failed to power on or boot). It was out of warranty, and even if it was in warranty, a failed BIOS upgrade is not covered. A bit of googling revealed that…
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HP MicroServer N40L and Gigabit HD 6450 horizontal flickering line
I recently purchased a HP MicroServer N40L and half-height Gigabit Radeon HD 6450, after installing Windows 8 I noticed that a third from the screen was a flickering white horizontal line, noticeable when playing movies in full screen or moving the mouse around the right start bar. The problem doesn’t lie with the MicroServer of…