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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Turning off the Log-in Password |
| Date | 2025-02-01 14:59 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <gul17lx6su.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <vnd358$2bqpf$1@dont-email.me> <mcgp6lxt3l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <vnddac.hlg.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <ojnp6lxlei.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <vndtr7$2gohd$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2025-01-29 19:59, Paul wrote: > On Wed, 1/29/2025 8:38 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-01-29 14:17, Frank Slootweg wrote: >>> >>> So the standard is open, but most implementations are proprietary. >>> >>>> It's a doubt I had for decades :-) >>> >>> Now you have the answer. >> >> Not really :-) >> >> I meant if you could have the same rom code byte by byte put in any motherboard and things would work. >> > > The BIOS is like a small file system. > > This encourages some notion of modularity. For example, > if I have two board variants, one has a SIL3112 chip with > two SATA ports and the other does not, I can equip the > BIOS on each board with the same SATA module (so the > board can boot from it), and if a board does not have > a SIL3112 chip on its surface, the SIL3112 module is > not loaded when the BIOS POSTs. > > It's possible to handle some variants, without making > major changes to how things work. > > But generally speaking, you as the customer cannot know > whether there is some custom GPIO assignment on your board, > which is different than other boards in the same product line. > > With the poor expansion capabilities today on motherboards, > you can have a microATX and a full ATX board which have > identical schematics, and then your dream of a common BIOS > could be met. But each BIOS file has a custom identifier, > and a board1 BIOS will not flash into a board2 motherboard. > They check for that at update time. You would have to use > an EEPROM programmer, to bypass the check. Understood. Thank you both :-) -- Cheers, Carlos.
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Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-01 11:40 +0000
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Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-01-26 17:55 +0100
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Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-26 20:11 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-26 23:04 +0100
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-27 11:16 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-27 13:15 -0500
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Re: Turning off the Log-in Password wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-01-28 09:59 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-29 00:04 +1100
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-28 14:33 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-28 18:59 -0500
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-29 11:06 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-29 06:24 -0500
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-29 12:35 +0100
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-29 13:17 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-29 14:38 +0100
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-29 15:29 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-29 13:59 -0500
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-01 14:59 +0100
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-29 13:12 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-01 22:58 +1100
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-01 16:21 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-02 22:10 +1100
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-25 14:44 +0000
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-29 11:51 -0500
Re: Turning off the Log-in Password Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-02 22:20 +1100
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