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    upgrade bios

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mohd_jafarali, Mar 17, 2005.

  1. mohd_jafarali

    mohd_jafarali Notebook Guru

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    how do i upgrade my bios?

    i have an iso file i downloaded from the makers of my laptop.

    any ideas?
     
    mohd_jafarali, Mar 17, 2005
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  2. ZaZ

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    Depends on the notebook.





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    i have fujitsu siemens, a european model. I have been having problems recently, it re boots automatically in the middle of my work. I sent an error report to microsoft, they suggested i upgrade my bios. I have downloaded an iso image file of the new bios driver from the company's website.

    now, how do i go about installing it?

    thanks
     
    mohd_jafarali, Mar 17, 2005
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    pr5owner Notebook Consultant

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    on the asus site they give you a utility that works in windows xp, you just tell the utility where the image of the new bios is and it will do the rest. very easy to flash, only takes like 1 min.. that including the reboot

    -->Asus M6BNe | Pentium M 1.6GHz Dothan | 1024MB PC2700 Micron Ram | Radeon 9700 Pro 64MB | 80GB Samsung 5400 RPM 8MB Cache | Gigabit LAN | CDRW + DVD Combo |
    -->Compal CL56 | Pentium M 1.6GHz Dothan | 1024MB Ram | Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB | 60GB HDD | 10/100 LAN | DVDRW |

     
    pr5owner, Mar 18, 2005
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    Any instructions on the makers wesite?





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  6. mohd_jafarali

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    pr5owner, could you please give me a direct link to that utility you mentioned?

    No, I spent sometime surfing at Fujitsu-Siemens's website but was unable to find further information on how to update the BIOS.

    thanks
     
    mohd_jafarali, Mar 19, 2005
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    A *.iso is a CD image. So just burn it on a CD and reboot! Of course you need to make sure that your Bios will boot into CD and HDD (boot priority).

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    qwester, Mar 19, 2005
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