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How to determine the age of a computer ?
just check the BIOS date. It's not accurate but it's close enough.
"Skybuck Flying" wrote in message ... Hi, This might seem a strange question: How to determine the age of a computer ? It would be cool if a programmer could find out how old a computer is. ( For example processor age, or motherboard age ) Down to a few seconds It should not be possible for software/users to change the age... it should be something in the hardware Bye, Skybuck. |
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I meant the date of the bios itself. Not the time the bios keeps.
"Skybuck Flying" wrote in message ... "Edward" wrote in message ... just check the BIOS date. It's not accurate but it's close enough. The bios date can be changed ?! |
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"Edward" wrote in message
... just check the BIOS date. It's not accurate but it's close enough. Its very easy to use a hex editor to change the text strings in a BIOS.bin file then flash it and hey presto, you have a POST screen saying the BIOS is of your own creation, showing your desired dates and logos. I've done it, just for fun. |
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Skybuck Flying wrote:
Hi, This might seem a strange question: How to determine the age of a computer ? It would be cool if a programmer could find out how old a computer is. ( For example processor age, or motherboard age ) Down to a few seconds It should not be possible for software/users to change the age... it should be something in the hardware Bye, Skybuck. First tell me what a computer is. The hardware, os, software, etc .. all of which have different ages.. therefore a computer cannot have a definitive age..just an era. Take your cpu type and look up a database of cpus and find the age of that particular chip (stepping etc) thats probs the closes tyou'll get.. and even that isn't foolproof (chage cpu for example) |
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Alien Zord wrote:
"Edward" wrote in message ... just check the BIOS date. It's not accurate but it's close enough. Its very easy to use a hex editor to change the text strings in a BIOS.bin file then flash it and hey presto, you have a POST screen saying the BIOS is of your own creation, showing your desired dates and logos. I've done it, just for fun. I'll bet you've also changed the error message you get when leaving a non-system disk in the drive! I did. Just for fun. Virg Wall -- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,........ Ralph Waldo Emerson (Microsoft programmer's manual.) |
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Alien Zord wrote:
Out of curiosity, what does your error message say? Yo you dumb F£*$, you put the wrong disk in you idiot..hahaha you fool!!! Get your act together ya eigit. |
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Alien Zord wrote:
"V W Wall" wrote in message ... Alien Zord wrote: "Edward" wrote in message ... just check the BIOS date. It's not accurate but it's close enough. Its very easy to use a hex editor to change the text strings in a BIOS.bin file then flash it and hey presto, you have a POST screen saying the BIOS is of your own creation, showing your desired dates and logos. I've done it, just for fun. I'll bet you've also changed the error message you get when leaving a non-system disk in the drive! I did. Just for fun. Out of curiosity, what does your error message say? It's been so long ago, I don't really remember, but it started with: "You stupid jerk........" Virg Wall |
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V W Wall wrote:
db wrote: Alien Zord wrote: Out of curiosity, what does your error message say? Yo you dumb F£*$, you put the wrong disk in you idiot..hahaha you fool!!! Get your act together ya eigit. Wow! You must be a real idiot to think you could put that in place of the original message!!! I won't bother telling you why! No eigits need apply. ;-( Virg Wall Are just really stupid? |
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