Compal IFL90 (Powernotebooks one) Bios update

So i have been trying to figure out exactly how do u update BIOS? I have never done it before and i tried to use some guys CD thing for 1.13 but it never does anything when i press the F key to boot from CD for the file.

Can anyone assist me how to update bios at all? im at a complete loss on how to do it.

 

What do you mean it doesn't do anything when pressing the f key?

 

use the tool Active killdisk to create an bootable USB stick.
Then download the latest BIOS (Read before starting).
Extract the file to the USB stick and reboot machine.
Make sure to put the USB stick in a USB port on the right side then when the notebook starts press F12 and select the usb stick.
The rest is easy just search the stick open the folder and type in the name of the exe file.
If F12 isn't working then go in to the BIOS and select the option for the bootable menu to be displayed during boot.
Goodluck.

Active killdisk is the easy way of making a USB stick bootable.

 

Check this link: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=207028
I think this will help you the easy way, but read before starting the update.

 

Well when i pressed the F key to use the CD fro Flashing bios someone made here (Believe its the compal 1.13 bios thread) IT would just sit there and look at my ethernet port and never even look at the CD even though i picked that from the boot menu.

 

Ok i will go home and try this out, need to go buy a USB stick though lol, heard the 1.13 fixes some kinda issue on the IFL90 so wanted to update my bios but never have done it before.

 

Ok so i finally got it, i found on that Active killidisk site somehow how to burn ISO to a CD, i did not know u needed a specific program to do that, burned it, ran it, now im bios 1.13! woot! So what exactly did the new bios do? And i appreciate all ur help!

 

eh you shouldn't update a bios prior to reading the changelog, just a quick hint for the future. zepto (on ftp.zepto.dk) shows the changelog for the ifl90 bioses, check out their ftp.

more here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=207028

 

imachine's caution is wise...if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Make sure the changelog shows something that you need has been corrected...otherwise leave it alone.

 

Ok i will make note of that for future updates =X sorry did not know about all that.

Fortunately there are no errors that have occured because of my last BIO's update but i will make sure i keep that in mind in future upgrades.

 

Compal IFL90 BIOS Changelog.

1.13

- Added change to AHCI configuration default function and utility.
- Fix SLP2 and NRBT parameter conflict problem.

1.12

- Added AHCI setting change call back function.
- Fix No Reboot/Shutdown function after flash BIOS.
- Patch some Intel Off-roadmap C4 cause S3 failed issue.


1.11

- Added support for Celeron 10661 CPU.
- Report all unknown type CPU to other.


1.10

- Added DTS table for TJ85 CPU.
- Update nVidia 8400M GS VGA BIOS 60.84.42.00.23
- Update nVidia 8600M GT VGA BIOS 60.86.39.00.26
- Add SLP feature for Windows XP

1.09

- Update system BIOS write ESCD Flow chart.
- Add Multi-Customer Logo feature.
- Change default generic Logo.
- Remove MIR Device reported in VISTA if MIR device is not existed.
- Fix Robson incorrect location of PCM
- Fix system will hang on boot (black screen) when attached 4G RAM
- Fix System will fail to boot after S4 in DC mode with TPM Enabled.
- Fix Winflash will destroy SLP2 data.

 

what is AHCI? how does the change help?
same questions for the SLP2 and NRBT please.
Trying to figure out if I want to even bother with bios update.

 

Do not post Beta BIOS or files that require a password(they are there for a reason).

BIOS updates should be used as a last resort or when a professional tech support agent tells you to use it since BIOS update can cause problems.


Thx
Kdawgca

 

AHCI is a hardware mechanism that allows software to utilize special features of Serial ATA hard disks such as hot swapping devices and native command queuing. It is natively supported by Windows Vista, but not Windows XP. Some computers are now coming with it enabled in the BIOS by default, and if someone tries to install Windows XP on that computer it will not find the hard disk until AHCI is disabled. Also, if XP is already installed and AHCI gets enabled it will cause XP to crash and reboot continously until the feature is disabled.

As for the SLP2 and NRBT conflict. SLP2 is System Locked Preinstallation 2.0, which is used by computer manufacturers to pre-activate Windows for a particular machine so that the activation process isn't necessary during mass installations and if the customer does a clean install on the same computer with the same motherboard they won't be prompted to activate. As for NRBT, I couldn't find out the answer to that for sure, but my guess would be it stands for No Reboot and probably also relates to OEM installation.

If you're running Vista and never had a hard drive issue, and you're running XP successfully at all, the AHCI fix probably doesn't relate to you. If you haven't had problems with Windows Activation, either, then my personal opinion is that you probably don't need to bother with the BIOS update.

As Paladin said, if it isn't broke, don't fix it. Which is doubly true in the case of a BIOS update because if you don't know what you're doing you could cause more trouble than you started with if done incorrectly.

 

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thanks for the info Joe. I am running bios 1.12 with vista home premium 64-bit. As far as I can tell everything is running fine and when I look at the welcome page it says windows is authenticated and even displays some sort of serial number or maybe a product key. So I guess in the end, i don't need to bother with it. again thank you for researching that for me.