[mdlug] BIOS viruses ? Oh my!

[Aaron Kulkis]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> Rich Clark <rrclark at rrclark.net> wrote:
>> You have to take into account the age of the hardware, too. Correct me if 
>> I'm wrong, but PIII processors and associated hardware were brand spanking 
>> new and fresh to market in 1997-1998 and only stayed on market for about 
>> 4-5 years. We're talking about 10 years age for most of that gear, and 
>> even with them sitting on a shelf unpowered and boxed/wrapped capacitors 
>> are going to corrode, leak and dry out.
>>
>> I think someone's pulling your leg about the BIOS virus, though. I haven't 
>> heard anything credible about a BIOS virus since about 1992 or 1993.
>>   
> 
> And the PIII boards were bad for bad caps.  I lost one to no less that
> six blown caps on one board.

During that era, I had an MB go bad.

I was disappointed when I looked for bad caps and couldn't
find any, as I definitely would have preferred replacing a
few leaky caps to replacing the whole MB.