The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Inspiron 6000 Bios Update - shutdown taking forever

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ahbuilder, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. ahbuilder

    ahbuilder Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    53
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    So I downloaded and ran a bios update for a 6000 (old laptop that i am reformatting). It has been shutting down for over 4 hours now. No idea what to do. Should I manually turn it off and try the bios update again or will that screw things up at this point?
     
    ahbuilder, Feb 16, 2009
    #1
  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

    Reputations:
    2,962
    Messages:
    8,231
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    216
    As long as you don't turn it off while it says "updating BIOS", the actual BIOS update should not have started and you should be alright. Nonetheless, I've never actually had to force-shutdown a Dell during any part of the BIOS update process, so I'm not 100% sure.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 16, 2009
    #2
  3. ahbuilder

    ahbuilder Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    53
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    thanks. I forced it off and then restared. The bios never installed. So I logged in and tried it again and it works now. Thanks. THought the bios update might be going on during shutdown - kind of like some updates.
     
    ahbuilder, Feb 16, 2009
    #3
  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

    Reputations:
    2,962
    Messages:
    8,231
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    216
    Yeah, the BIOS shouldn't actually be updating itself until you get that white screen that tells you so. Good to know for future reference that you can do a force-shutdown like that though.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 16, 2009
    #4