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Topic on Glossary talk:BIOS

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You thought that power outage during flashing had nuked for good your system, but the reality is that modern PCs all have a flashback function <small>(unless that has also been killed, like that one time that I tried to [https://github.com/Ousret/Asus-WinFlash-Custom hack] my laptop and downgraded the non-downgradable EC firmware 🙃)</small>
 
You thought that power outage during flashing had nuked for good your system, but the reality is that modern PCs all have a flashback function <small>(unless that has also been killed, like that one time that I tried to [https://github.com/Ousret/Asus-WinFlash-Custom hack] my laptop and downgraded the non-downgradable EC firmware 🙃)</small>
  
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This can also <small><small>([https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-100#faq-USB-BIOS-Flashback only] sometimes?)</small></small> be used to update the BIOS version in order to support newer CPUs, ''even without any installed at all''.  
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This can also <small><small>([https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-100#faq-USB-BIOS-Flashback only] sometimes?)</small></small> be used to update the BIOS version in order to support newer CPUs, ''even without any one installed at all''.  
  
 
* '''ASUS''': [https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1030111/ desktop], [https://superuser.com/questions/950836/asus-k55a-uefi-bios-flash-recovery-methods-after-bsod-failure-while-programming/1367451 laptop]
 
* '''ASUS''': [https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1030111/ desktop], [https://superuser.com/questions/950836/asus-k55a-uefi-bios-flash-recovery-methods-after-bsod-failure-while-programming/1367451 laptop]
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* [https://old.reddit.com/r/laptops/comments/axp47x/new_bios_update_now_the_screen_is_like_this/ehwipzx/ '''HP''']
 
* [https://old.reddit.com/r/laptops/comments/axp47x/new_bios_update_now_the_screen_is_like_this/ehwipzx/ '''HP''']
 
* '''MSI''': [https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=269702.0 one], [https://www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/cdyr9l/for_all_the_people_with_bios_flashback_issues/etxiuvm/ two]
 
* '''MSI''': [https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=269702.0 one], [https://www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/cdyr9l/for_all_the_people_with_bios_flashback_issues/etxiuvm/ two]
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[https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/recovering-a-motherboard-graphics-card-from-a-bad-bios-flash-with-ch341-flasher-1-8v-adapter-and-a-soic-8-clip.3593910/ Desperate tier].