[NOC Tutor]Fiber-Optic Tests Procedure

Just as installing fiber-optic cable is completely different from installing copper-cable, the testing
processes also differ greatly. Much of the copper-cable testing revolves around the various
types of interference that can affect the performance of a network. Fiber-optic cable is completely
immune from interference caused by crosstalk, EMI, and RFI, however, so tests for these are not needed.
What you do need for a fiber-optic installation is to ensure that the signals arrive at their destinations
with sufficient strength to be read and that the installation process has not degraded that strength.

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[HW TIPS] How to Recover Corrupted Boot Block(BIOs)?

AWARD Bootblock recovery:

That shorting trick should work if the boot block code is not corrupted, and it should not be if /sb switch is used when flashing the bios (instead of /wb switch).

The 2 pins to short to force a checksum error varies from chip to chip. But these are usually the highest-numbered address pins (A10 and above).These are the pins used by the system to read the System BIOS (original.bin for award v6), calculate the ROM checksum and see if it's valid before decompressing it into memory, and subsequently allow Bootblock POST to pass control over to the System BIOS.

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[DVD/CD TIPS] CD/DVD Image how-to Tutor - Part One - Cue/Bin

if have one file with a .bin extension and one with a .cue extension. There are a number of options.

BURN TO CD

You will need either NERO, CDRWIN or FIREBURNER to burn the file.

To burn with NERO:
Start NERO, choose FILE, choose BURN IMAGE, locate the .cue file you have and double click it. A dialog box will come up, for anything other than music make sure you choose DISC-AT-ONCE (DAO). You can also turn off the simulation burn if you so choose.
Then burn away.

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