Great advice. I upgraded a DELL alienware computer using DELL's own program and it BRICKED the whole machine. I had to resort to3rd party help using a CH341A programmer to put back the bios from another working machine. Having said that the new bios did allow improved machine performance from the old version in my case. Make sure your machine has a proven bios recovery procedure.. and its best to upgrade your bios using the recovery procedure if you can because you don't want something in the operating system like an ANTI VIRUS suddenly stop the upgrade which I suspected it was my cause... The machine's recovery procedure normally does not have an operating system loaded.. it built in firmware to read from a USB stick with a bios file you downloaded from the manufacturer's site. Best to always have a UPS working when you doing the backup.
Thanks for the comment but DANG that completely sucks - sorry that your Dell got bricked. Glad you managed to restore it, although I bet that was time consuming! All great tips though, thanks again for the helpful comment :)
@@ShorterTechOverwrite It took 2 weeks to buy the programmer and searching forums.. Thank God that a lot of people got hit and posted solutions. Other web sites charge money for the answer. You should take a look "CH341A bios recovery" its an interesting exercise of bios enhancement etc.
I agree with your thoughts. I try to follow the motherboard manufacture's guidelines for when to update the BIOS. However, when I acquire a used PC, I always update the BIOS to the latest version, especially if it's an old office PC (HP, Dell, Lenovo).
Thanks and that's a good point about used PCs... come to think of it, I usually do BIOS updates then too. It definitely seems like a good time to do them.
I pretty much only update when it’s needed for some reason. I have taken a lot of chances by doing it without a UPS. I am considering getting one for this reason.
Yep that makes sense. I do like a UPS (I also use it to power a few other devices like a smart home hub), and while it isn't super cheap, I do think it's worth it overall.
Great advice.
I upgraded a DELL alienware computer using DELL's own program and it BRICKED the whole machine.
I had to resort to3rd party help using a CH341A programmer to put back the bios from another working machine.
Having said that the new bios did allow improved machine performance from the old version in my case.
Make sure your machine has a proven bios recovery procedure.. and its best to upgrade your bios using the recovery procedure if you can because you don't want something in the operating system like an ANTI VIRUS suddenly stop the upgrade which I suspected it was my cause...
The machine's recovery procedure normally does not have an operating system loaded.. it built in firmware to read from a USB stick with a bios file you downloaded from the manufacturer's site.
Best to always have a UPS working when you doing the backup.
Thanks for the comment but DANG that completely sucks - sorry that your Dell got bricked. Glad you managed to restore it, although I bet that was time consuming! All great tips though, thanks again for the helpful comment :)
@@ShorterTechOverwrite It took 2 weeks to buy the programmer and searching forums.. Thank God that a lot of people got hit and posted solutions. Other web sites charge money for the answer. You should take a look "CH341A bios recovery" its an interesting exercise of bios enhancement etc.
I agree with your thoughts. I try to follow the motherboard manufacture's guidelines for when to update the BIOS.
However, when I acquire a used PC, I always update the BIOS to the latest version, especially if it's an old office PC (HP, Dell, Lenovo).
Thanks and that's a good point about used PCs... come to think of it, I usually do BIOS updates then too. It definitely seems like a good time to do them.
I pretty much only update when it’s needed for some reason. I have taken a lot of chances by doing it without a UPS. I am considering getting one for this reason.
Yep that makes sense. I do like a UPS (I also use it to power a few other devices like a smart home hub), and while it isn't super cheap, I do think it's worth it overall.