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    Thinking about updating ASUS UL30A BIOS using WINFLASH

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by deepen03, Nov 18, 2010.

  1. deepen03

    deepen03 Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone tried to update the BIOS using WINFLASH? I'm a little scared. I have never done a BIOS update and have read some horror stories of bricked notebooks.. So has anyone tried it yet?
     
    deepen03, Nov 18, 2010
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Winflash is generally safe, but there is always the chance that something could go wrong and a BIOS update failure usually means that it's bricked and has to be sent to Asus for reset.

    One should apply the general rules of BIOS updates --
    1. Do these only if you are experiencing an issue that is addressed by one of the fixes.
    2. Do them only if you know what you are doing, or are comfortable taking the risks.

    Put another way ... if it ain't broke, don't try and fix it :).
     
    ClearSkies, Nov 19, 2010
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