Upgrade BIOS ?

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 at 16:41, Bill <bstanle at wowway.com> 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)?

Generally a good idea, and at risk of disagreeing with other
commenters, should be regarded as part of routine maintenance of a
machine.

I don't think I've ever seen any _negative_ results from it, except
once in some 25 years or so when Windows failed activation half way
through the reflash and it bricked the machine. Fortunately a
colleague managed to get the vendor firmware reset CD to work and
recovered the machine, and I used it for many more years.




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