Can't flash my bios

demonikal

demonikal

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I've tried numerous tools. I replaced the stock HDD with a SSD on my Dell Inspiron 3531 laptop. I also replaced the 4GB chip of RAM with an 8GB chip. I cloned Windows 8.1 from my HDD to the SSD, but then there were many BSOD errors.

I realized I should have updated the BIOS first. So, now I'm trying to figure out how to update the BIOS without having a working operating system. The SSD is clean and formatted now.

I tried taking the BIOS file and putting it alone with no other files on a FAT32 formatted USB drive. That didn't work. It keeps saying "Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart."

I thought about finding a way to burn an ISO image of the file to the USB flash drive. Perhaps that would make it a better bootable flash drive.

I've run out of ideas. I'm downloading the latest Ubuntu version now because I can't think of anything else to do to update the BIOS. However, I have a feeling I'll still have to update the BIOS before adding Ubuntu on.

Please help.
 
Upgrading bios on dells is usually done in windows. The update is done through an exe file. Put the old hard drive back in and download the updated bios and run it. However, it's most likely what stranglehold is asking. You have to make sure the sata controller setting is the same as it was before or it won't boot.
 
johnb35 said:
Upgrading bios on dells is usually done in windows. The update is done through an exe file. Put the old hard drive back in and download the updated bios and run it. However, it's most likely what stranglehold is asking. You have to make sure the sata controller setting is the same as it was before or it won't boot.
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I'll put the old hard drive back in. I have the downloaded updated BIOS. But how would I make sure the sata controller is the same as before?
 
StrangleHold said:
Have you tried to just do a clean install instead of cloned? What mode is your SATA controller running in?
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I don't think I can do a normal clean install. I don't have a CD-ROM. I've tried different methods booting off USB though. None of them have worked.
 
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