kony wrote:
>
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>
> There is no software factor including boot sector viri, which
> impede entering the bios menus. The machine has already
> demonstrated it is a hardware failure at that point. While it is
> /possible/ there is also a software failure, until the initial
> hardware failure is resolved it would be premature to assume it.

I have to disagree. To illustrate, consider a machine with a
pluggable ROM bios. Unnplug the bios. You will no longer be able
to boot, or to enter any bios menus, etc. Yet normal operation
would be unaffected if you could remove the ROM while running,
because normally the entire bios is over-ridden by opsys code.

If you just want to say 'unlikely', I will agree.

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