SP3 - Status Question

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I have lots of apps and drivers, why is that an issue?

As a matter of fact, *Everything* except BIOS is fully up to date, but
are you implying that a piece of code that is not fully up to date is
garbage?

The BIOS is the most important piece of software that communicates
what the operating system, it's devices, and software that
communicates to those devices can and can't do. If an update to the
BIOS has been done to rectify some problem or advance some feature
that allows to the OS and apps to communicate better and more
correctly with the hardware, why would you not update it?

I am not implying that a piece of code that is not up to date is
garbage, I am stating it is out of date, could contain errors, and can
potential cause a failure that can't always be traced back to a
program or the operating system. If motherboard makers had never
updated their BIOS to take into account the errata that is present in
the B2 stepping of the AMD Quad-core "Barcelona" CPU, users would be
banging their heads as to why the crashes that were occurring. It is
asinine to think the BIOS plays no role in why things can go wrong
with a computer.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[John A]

I think this is getting off topic.

I understand the importance of BIOS and have in the past updated BIOS
when necessary. I treat it as a special case because of the potential
hazards of updating it. I don't update BIOS unless there is a problem
occurring that suggests a BIOS update might fix it. I have no current
problems with my computers so I don't see the point of a BIOS update.
In fact, the Gigabyte web site specifically warns "Because BIOS
flashing is potentially risky, if you do not encounter problems using
the current version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not flash the
BIOS. ..."

John

 

[ANONYMOUS]

The obvious reasons for holding off are all over this newsgroup -
approximately 30% of the discussions here are related to problems with
the damn service pack.

Now this clearly shows that you are not qualified to advise people on
anything. People posting here are those that have already got problems
with their systems well before SP3 was installed. They don't need to
spend their time here when they should be watching Euro 2008 or
something similar ( <http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/index.html> ). People
don't come here just to post their success in installing SP3 or that
they didn't have any problems what so ever.

I am surprised it is not 100% because these groups are for people with
any XP problems. So this simply reinforces our view that people having
problems with SP3 generally have other problems but they have less
knowledge about their own systems and they are just joining the
bandwagon of blaming SP3 or for that matter anything produced by Microsoft.

hth

 

[Gord Dibben]

I concur.


Gord

 

[Unknown]

What in your mind is 'obvious reasons'? If less than 1% of people with XP
have a problem show up when or after installing
SP3 and seek assistance here, is that an obvious reason? If 1000 people have
a problem out of perhaps 150 million, is that an obvious reason?

 

[Bob I]

From my reading of the posting the "obvious reason" was "FUD". ;-)

 

[Unknown]

I agree but, isn't that sheer stupidity?

From my reading of the posting the "obvious reason" was "FUD". ;-)