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| Thread ID: 40721 | 2003-12-15 22:33:00 | Updating the bios | Smurf (506) | Press F1 |
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| 200944 | 2003-12-15 22:33:00 | Following a recent enquiry to HP I was told that I may need to update the bios on my laptop.....HPze4315 running WindowsXP (Home). I have always been weary of fiddling with the bios in any computer(mainly because of my lack of experience with such things and the fact that I have been told that unless you know what you are doing...leave it alone). Can anyone enlighten me as to whether updating the bios is likely to be a problem..is there anything that one should do or not do in respect to this? When the new bios is downloaded..does it automatically install or what does one have to do? Thanks, Smurf |
Smurf (506) | ||
| 200945 | 2003-12-15 23:11:00 | the bios update will mostlikely make a boot disk and then u need to boot from it, this will then update the bios. NOTE:Bios updates are not reverseable, so only do it if u really need to. Ilikelinux |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 200946 | 2003-12-15 23:15:00 | > the bios update will mostlikely make a boot disk and > then u need to boot from it, this will then update > the bios. > > NOTE:Bios updates are not reverseable, > so only do it if u really need to. > > > Ilikelinux Cant comment on notebooks, but every PC BIOS update util I have seen saves a copy of the BIOS before updating it so you can go back.... If the process is interupted that is another matter. |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 200947 | 2003-12-15 23:18:00 | bios updates only go wrong if you have a corrupt version (most of the time) but i would reccomend going to a hp dealer and then get them to do it, if it is still under warrenty, definetly don't do it yourself, as this could be void of the warrenty. |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 200948 | 2003-12-15 23:34:00 | This HP page (h20015.www2.hp.com) has the bios download, and tells you how to do it. It will be straight forward if you follow the instructions, the bios is updated from a windows environment, not a floppy. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 200949 | 2003-12-16 00:10:00 | Just print the instructions, read them and make sure you understand them. Then lock the door so noone can come and interrupt you with stupid questions. Such helpful people tend to kick the power cord out in their efforts to see what is going on. This is not a good idea. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 200950 | 2003-12-16 01:23:00 | It would be interesting to know what your original problem was because unless it is truely going to fix your problem you are better off leaving the bios alone. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
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