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[–] [email protected] 64 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I wont even upgrade the BIOS on my motherboard because im afraid of bricking it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As a teenager I experienced a power outage while I was updating my bios.

Guess what happened?

I’m still bitter about it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can negate that risk by getting a UPS. You should get a UPS in any case imo since even a shitty one lets you at least save your work and shutdown properly if your electricity drops.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah, I learned that lesson.

I got a big mean one these days.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I updated mine a couple of weeks ago. I was actually really anxious as It went through the process, but it worked fine, at first...
Then I found out Microsoft considered it a new computer and deactivated windows. (And that's when I found out they deleted upgrade licences from windows 7 & 8 back in September)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

That's Microsoft in a nutshell for ya.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Posting from Linux then?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Well, a "free" OS anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Buy spare flash chip