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BIOS error on inspiron 5100
Hello,
I´m trying to upgrade my BIOS but it gives me an error saying "running an unsupported system" the version it shows is A06 system Inspiron 5100, Vendor Phoenix technologies".
Basically I need to reinstall Windows from scratch, but my computer wont boot from the CD so I want to go into the system utillities before windows starts, but it wont recognize the F2 key. Is there anyway around this?
I´m trying to upgrade my BIOS but it gives me an error saying "running an unsupported system" the version it shows is A06 system Inspiron 5100, Vendor Phoenix technologies".
Basically I need to reinstall Windows from scratch, but my computer wont boot from the CD so I want to go into the system utillities before windows starts, but it wont recognize the F2 key. Is there anyway around this?
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Posted September 7th, 2005 09:00
Do you have a floppy drive as I strongly suggest that you do not try to update by running the install from your hard drive. The failure rate when you do the latter is higher than when using a floppy or a CD.
If you do not have a floppy drive then you can get the A22 BIOS ISO and burn it to CDR. You can get the iso from http://www.bay-wolf.com/flashbios.htm. If you read the instructions at the top of the page, it will guide you on how to burn your CDR in order to make a bootable.
To get the system to boot from the CD drive you will temporarily have to remove the hard drive till after your BIOS has been flashed.