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    T500: Should I run recommended system update?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ITemplate, Jan 22, 2009.

  1. ITemplate

    ITemplate Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    Well, normally I would just go for it, but within the recommended update I find also a BIOS update.

    I know its under "recommended" - but is it really recommended to update a list of perhaps 30 items - one of them being a BIOS update?

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    ITemplate, Jan 22, 2009
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  2. mullenbooger

    mullenbooger Former New York Giant

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    I wouldn't do BIOS unless theres something in it that is critical to update. A bad bios update can brick your system.
     
    mullenbooger, Jan 22, 2009
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  3. ITemplate

    ITemplate Notebook Consultant

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    OK thanks - just checking that Im not the only one that thinks that way :)
     
    ITemplate, Jan 22, 2009
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  4. billyjoebuckbob

    billyjoebuckbob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dear Fellow Danish T500 Owner --

    Allow me to present a contradictory opinion. I have owned my T500 for 2 months and a T61p for about a year and I run all recommended Windows and Lenovo updates when they are available, including the 3 or 4 BIOS updates recommended by Lenovo for the T61p and the BIOS update for the T500. Both of my systems run flawlessly, the only program the ever crashes is Firefox, and I have never seen a BSOD.

    rb
     
    billyjoebuckbob, Jan 23, 2009
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