IDS: Fw: NON Flashable EPROM's INFO

["Luiz da Camara Leme" <camara.leme@mail.telepac.pt>]

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Dear Sirs:

I am still writing an answer to all of you that kindly assisted me in coping
with tampering of everything that is computer in the company I work for.
Sorry for taking so long but I have been quite busy.


I have another question that may be some of the List Members could answer.

Following the tampering of my computers BIOS and knowing also what happened
with the Chernobyl Virus with means of also destroying BIOS, I tried to
contact ASUStek to find out if it was possible to change Flash EPROM's for
the older UV erasable EPROM's

This would give a added security against tampering and contamination.

Their answer is below:

Is it possible somehow to circumvent this problem, even with some
shortcomings or is it completely impossible ?

Thank you for your time and interest
All the best
Luiz




-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry_TSD <tsd@asus.com.tw>
Newsgroups: asus.private.support.twn4
To: Luiz da Camara Leme <camara.leme@mail.telepac.pt>
Date: Quarta-feira, 12 de Maio de 1999 6:46
Subject: Re: NON Flashable EPROM's INFO


|The ESCD can't be updated during system boot if you use EPROM instead of
EEPROM.
|
|Regards,
|ASUSTeK Technical Support Division
|
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|
|Luiz da Camara Leme wrote:
|
|> Dear Sirs:
|>
|> The Company I work for uses only ASUStek Motherboards, models P5A-B and
P2B.
|>
|> Because the BIOS have been tampered, and because of the discovery of new
|> virus like the *Chernobyl* that has the ability of corrupting the BIOS we
|> have decided to change the motherboards Flash EPROM's to NON flashable
ones (those that need UV rays to be wiped).
|>
|> We need to order a programmer but we would appreciate very much if you
could advise us about:
|>
|> Brand, model and if possible reference of the adequate Non Flashable
EPROM's we should use in your Motherboards
|>
|> Hope to hear from you at your earliest convenience.
|>
|> Thank you very much for your assistance.
|>
|> Regards
|> Luiz da Camara Leme
|