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BIOS Update Running Over 2 Hours
I have Inspiron 3650.
Support Assist recommended upgrading BIOS to 3.12.1
BIOS Update Running Over 2 Hours. The last time I updated it, I thought it took 15 minutes.
What to do now? Let it keep going? Reboot & start over?
What is the likelihood it won't reboot if I restart PC?
JOcean
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May 12th, 2021 09:00
You can try and let it keep running but eventually you may just have to reboot the system. Read this Dell support page as I believe you have the Skylake chipset so BIOS Recovery should work on your system if you find that the system will not boot due to a failed BIOS update.
RoHe
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May 12th, 2021 11:00
@BlairBrenner - Hopefully the PC will reboot normally after you power off and then on again, without needing a BIOS Recovery.
Tell us how you launched this BIOS update, using SupportAssist, or manually inside Windows or via a bootable USB stick? And is BIOS set to UEFI or Legacy, if using a bootable USB stick?
IMO, it's safer to update BIOS without using SupportAssist...
BlairBrenner
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May 12th, 2021 12:00
After about 4 hours, a window popped up saying to close all other programs (had them closed for 4 hours). Closed the other programs and then asked if I wanted to flash the BIOS. OK.
Bios then flashed in 30-60 minutes (did not watch once process looked like it was owrking)>
System rebooted OK.
Ran Support Assist again - no messages or updates suggested.
PC seems to be running fine.
Thank you for all your help.
JOcean
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May 12th, 2021 12:00
Happy to help out and more so glad that all went smoothly!
RoHe
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May 12th, 2021 16:00
@BlairBrenner Glad you didn't get a bricked motherboard...
But I think there's a lesson here. Next time there's a BIOS update, do it manually, without SupportAssist in the middle.