Why isn't thumb drive type memory used to hold the BIOs?

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Why isn't thumb drive type memory, which does not need a battery, used to
hold the BIOs?
 
But I read that when the battery expires, the BIOs settings are lost!
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Mark:

What does the number 3 to the right of your name indicate?
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User settings are lost, so if the battery goes you just end up with the
default factory settings of the bios/motherboard.
 
Hi,

Something you may be interested in reading........
http://www.answers.com/topic/keydrive?cat=technology

Also USB drives are already being tested to replace the Hard Drive and not
to many years from now I'd say a Hard Drive just like the Floppy will be a
thing of the past. One other thing, if you are in the market for a new Pin
Drive, Wal-Mart has the 8GB SanDisk on sale for $79.00 bucks. The first one
I owned was a 32MB by MicroVault and was $99.00, unbelievable :>)

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All the best,
SG

Is your computer system ready for Vista?
https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
 
Let's hope so as the current Hard Drives have been the bottleneck for system
speed for quite some time now. I'll be to old to see it most likely, but
some day a computer will be like a TV, you turn it on and Boom it's ready to
go. BTW, don't know how old you are or if you believe in Here & After, but
if you are young enough and you do believe, then have one of these new
systems ready for me cause that's what I'll be here after :>)

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All the best,
SG

Is your computer system ready for Vista?
https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
 
By the way, EFI will soon be replacing BIOS. You can use your favorite
search engine if you want to learn more.
 
Hi Gary,

I saw gateway has already tried this on a system in 2005 and it doesn't
appear to be implemented as a standard yet. Do you have a few sites that
gives more update info on this? One would think 3 years have past and not
many have picked this up yet. I saw where Phoenix says they were in no hurry
at all so it doesn't look like anyone is in a rush to change anything.

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All the best,
SG

Is your computer system ready for Vista?
https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
 
Twenty some-odd years ago there were already computers that came with the OS
on ROM, or PROM. Quick booting relative to the others but a bit difficult to
update or upgrade. That would have been one or another version of DOS at the
time, TRSDOS comes to mind and IIRC Wang had their own proprietary OS on
ROM, with MSDOS emulation. Ah the nostalgia... upgrading to 640k RAM could
cost you $10. per 2k chip and a big 30MB harddrive could set you back $400
or more. :-)
 
Did anyone ever answer this?

It's because CMOS memory is a) very low power and b) so cheap
it's basically free. A 2GB piece of flash is still a coupe of bucks,
multiplied by however many hundred thousand motherboards you're making.
 
So the battery keeps the time and keeps the BIOS settings in memory. Have I
got that correct?
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