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    Cant' update BIOS???

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by pixelot, Mar 7, 2008.

  1. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    What's going on here. I run the file, the InstallShield Wizard opens, I click next, it says it's reading files, and then I get this error message.

    bios.jpg

    Can anyone help me out? :confused:
     
    pixelot, Mar 7, 2008
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    Are you trying to install taht on your vostro 1400?
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 7, 2008
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  3. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Yes. That's right. Correct.
     
    pixelot, Mar 7, 2008
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    In your screen shot it says its for a different laptop than the vostro 1400. Did you download the wrong laptop's bios on accident?
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 7, 2008
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  5. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Oh. So that's what that meant. Maybe I did. :eek:

    I'll try again. I was just following a link from a page on updating BIOS to A07...I didn't look to see which comp it was for....
     
    pixelot, Mar 7, 2008
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    Yeah, it protects you from installing the wrong bios and bricking your motherboard. It happened to me once too :)
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 7, 2008
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  7. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Whew. It worked. Thanks for your help. I've never done this before, so I didn't know what was what. :eek:
     
    pixelot, Mar 7, 2008
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    The past week I've had 2 bios upgrades destroy the motherboard of my XPS M1730. The last motherboard is being replaced monday.

    I recommend NOT upgrading the BIOS unless you specifically need a feature of that revision :(
     
    EvolutionTheory, Mar 7, 2008
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    Though i never have had it happen personally, from a technical standpoint i do agree though.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 7, 2008
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    Completely agree...i've never had a BIOS update failure but don't try to fix something if it isn't broken
     
    leo_s, Mar 7, 2008
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  11. pixelot

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    Thanks for telling me now! :p

    I was pretty sweaty-handed during the process, but it worked; A07 was the version I had before I had to reinstall several times, so I wanted to get back to it from A03.
     
    pixelot, Mar 8, 2008
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    I'm formatting a new HDD for my inspiron b130 that I got Dec 2005. the BIOS version is A02. would you recommend leaving it as such? or updating to A10 that is dated Apr 2007?
     
    hodgepodge, Apr 21, 2008
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  13. pixelot

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    If you don't need any new features, it's probably fine. If I were you, I'd want to. :eek:
     
    pixelot, Dec 13, 2008
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    Please do not revive old threads(6 months or older). Thank you.
    Thread closed.
     
    ATG, Dec 13, 2008
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