On 5/26/26 6:22 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mon, 2026-05-25 at 18:47 -0400, Robert Moskowitz via users wrote:
I Downloaded the "BIOS Update (Bootable CD) iso image (~22MB) and used
MediaWriter to burn it to a USB stick.
The USB stick is not booting. (F12 at poweron to get boot device selection)
I checked the SHA256 sum they provide and what I downloaded and they
matched. GPARTed, though is not showing any recognized image, just that
the stick is an iso9660 file system.
What do I have to do to get this bootable?
You could "dd" it to the stick, some bootable things work better via
another method.
Yeah, I could have tried that...
Alternatively, try media writer again, and wait longer than you think
you need to when it finishes before unplugging or rebooting.
I had tried that already, no dice.
Or do I indeed need to burn this to a CD (with my USB CD/DVD writer)
then try booting that?
Sometimes that's the easiest solution. Though, again, you can strike a
problem that the ISO image's bootblock is not compatible with your
system. Which would be ironic, since the ISO is designed *for* your
system.
I burned the CD with k3b and that worked to update the bios.
Interestingly, the dialog boxes specifically said to NOT remove the CD,
not the image, the CD.
I ALWAYS shake a bit in my boots doing things like update BIOS on what
looks like a working system. I REALLY should have done this update
while I still had the Win11 drive in. Got to make notes of this with
the NEXT laptop I buy!
Seller's recommendation to drain the battery first then recharge has
resulted in a non-charging battery. Even with this BIOS update. Time
for a refund.
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