Updating the Lenovo IdeaPad B50-70 BIOS in Ubuntu

[Tommy Trussell]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 8:42 AM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> I bought a Lenovo B50-70 without any OS on it (not even FreeDOS) and
> installed Ubuntu 14.04 on it without any problems. Everything works great.
>
> I noticed there is a new version of my Laptop's BIOS (Currently I have
> v2.07 and the new one in v3.0) and I wanted to update...
>
...

>
>    1. There is no way to install the BIOS from within the current BIOS
>    (like with Asus).
>    2. There is no DOS-like BIOS installer on the Lenovo Support site
>    3. No option for Linux, DOS or Other in the OS list (Only Win7 & 8)
>
>
there are some workarounds... http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade

much of the information on this page is outdated (especially for newer
model Lenovo systems) but you may find an option appropriate to you. There
are some other options you can find if you dig around the Internet using
your favorite search engine.

HOWEVER you might want to carefully consider whether you want to try to
update the BIOS at all. Does it add any features you want or fix any bugs
you have experienced? If not, you might be fine sticking with your old
working BIOS.
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