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    Replace bios?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jo3black, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. jo3black

    jo3black Newbie

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    Hi guys,
    any ideas how to replace bios in my inspiron 1420? I changed motherboard (GPU fail), bought used one, which is from vostro 1400, so now I have inspiron 1420 with vostro 1400 BIOS. Is there any posibility to replace BIOS? thx for advices...
     
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  2. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    Well if you changed the mobo with a 1400 then it has a 1400 bios in it,a 1420 bios wont work in a 1400 (unless theres something im missing?)
     
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  3. jo3black

    jo3black Newbie

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    Inspiron 1420 has probably the same mainboard as Vostro 1400 so now I have Inspiron with Vostro bios...so I'm not sure what to do...let it be like it is or replace/change bios somehow?
     
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Back in the days of the D600 and 600M, I think there were ways to flash the BIOS from one to the other... but I haven't heard of a way to do it with the 1420 and 1400. I don't think it really matters unless you're having some sort of hardware difficulty, though, the BIOSes should be nearly identical.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 19, 2010
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