Upgrade BIOS ?

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Mon Aug 24 22:11:59 UTC 2020


On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 10:39:23AM -0400, Bill wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any side effects of upgrading the BIOS on my computer? The
> computer is quite old but it is arguably still a good machine (i7 with 12 GB
> ram but it still has the original BIOS - circa 2010).  Is Linux affected in
> any way (both positive or negative)?
> 
Is there any particular reason that you want to upgrade the BIOS?  If
there isn't then I think I'd leave well alone, it's unlikely to give
you any useful new facilities or speed anything up at all.

-- 
Chris Green




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