my bios reacted very differently when i cleared it this time than it did previously. it normally defaults to 2000 on the date clear, but it defaulted to 2099 this time. i don't know why.

it's been a while since i flashed it, because it's dangerous. i once had to reprogram the thing using a bus pirate after the flash borked...

i've long suspected that the actual problem with this machine is that somebody (cia. csis. i dunno.) installed a bios virus on it when i wasn't here which included some kind of backdoor to a wireless device locked into the chip and i haven't been able to shake it off. so, what's happening is that the computer is getting shut off remotely and i don't have a way out because i can't get into the board.

so, i'm wondering if this change means that somebody messed with it when i was gone...

i don't know if it's good or bad, but the script completed so let's take it from there.