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BIOS-Approved PCI Cards For Laptops

Posted by timothy on from the to-benefit-the-consumer dept.

derek_farn writes "First there were printers that would would only work with vendor annointed ink cartridges; now we have laptops that will only boot with vendor annointed PCI cards. Keeping a list of approved PCI cards in the bios is one way of ensuring that customers renew their maintenance contracts. How else are they going to be able to plug in a PCI card released after the last BIOS update?" My HP laptop is several years old; can anyone confirm this?

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  1. Re:The correct answer is.... by drakaan · · Score: 0, Troll
    ...and judging from your phrase of tauntings incorrectly, I'd say you grammar-checker need to run against your next post. ;)

    Quit watching Star Wars...yoda is screwing up your diction, man (I'd say "or woman", but chicks just don't watch that much Star Wars).

    --
    "Murphy was an optimist" - O'Toole's commentary on Murphy's Law
  2. Ford, too by hawk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, more of those sneaky fools with regulated products.

    Do you know that I can't just stick a datsun air conditioner in my ford van? Or a bmw engine?

    And if I somehow manage to do it, they claim that it voids my warranty? :)

    hawk

  3. Re:Magnussen Moss - Time to Sue by thelizman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, well that changes everything entirely now, doesn't it... you fucking moron.