I feel you, around the same age I constantly bricked my BIOS. I forgot what motherboard it was. I had to find the same model motherboard from somebody, boot it with their BIOS, swap in when booted and use some rescue floppy to clone to BIOS.
It happened quite a lot. Later I found out that it always happened when shutting down Windows 95. Just turning the power off did not result in a bricked BIOS.
It was also the first time I felt ripped off. I went into a computer repair store with it. Told them what was wrong and how they could fix it. Two days later they told me to collect my PC. They did not fix it because the cause was a bricked BIOS, had to pay all my pocket money for the cost of their 'research'.
Still wonder why shutting down Windows 95 made this happen, never found out, maybe somebody here knows it?
It happened quite a lot. Later I found out that it always happened when shutting down Windows 95. Just turning the power off did not result in a bricked BIOS.
It was also the first time I felt ripped off. I went into a computer repair store with it. Told them what was wrong and how they could fix it. Two days later they told me to collect my PC. They did not fix it because the cause was a bricked BIOS, had to pay all my pocket money for the cost of their 'research'.
Still wonder why shutting down Windows 95 made this happen, never found out, maybe somebody here knows it?