Windows 7 Lock up your bios !

whoosh · Apr 18, 2009

jefins · Apr 18, 2009

Thanks for info. I'll pull out jumper until there won't be new bios versions availiable.

GomJabbar · Apr 18, 2009

Yeah, thanks. Just went into my BIOS setup menu and disabled the BIOS Update Option.

lisaqld1981 · Apr 18, 2009

Thanks for this info, scary to think what people can do these days, not many people would of known about this one.

Mike · Apr 18, 2009

Gigabyte motherboards have a dual bios in case one is compromised by viruses or the chip fails.

GameSlim · Apr 19, 2009

How do you remove jumper from a notebook?

jefins · Apr 19, 2009

Mike said:
Gigabyte motherboards have a dual bios in case one is compromised by viruses or the chip fails.

My Gigabyte moderboard died few months ago and now i have to live with one old asus motherboard because i can't afford new.

GomJabbar · Apr 19, 2009

GameSlim said:
How do you remove jumper from a notebook?

My ThinkPad notebook has a setting in the BIOS menu for disabling the BIOS Update feature. It is listed in the Security submenu in the BIOS.

Camride · Apr 20, 2009

Just remove your BIOS chip and you'll be perfectly safe.

whoosh · Apr 20, 2009

Camride said:
Just remove your BIOS chip and you'll be perfectly safe.

LOL you got straight to the heart of the matter

Why oh why did I not see that ?

sailaab · Apr 21, 2009

camride to the rescue!!

Camride you MUST take up a job with MS to write for their Troubleshoot and Help Menu's