Dell latitude 6420
fresh post. jun 21, 2018 , anon
do not play with BIOS or risk , bricking it.
they tell you the battery must be there for the case of city AC power loss or bump or surge, its not optional.
unless bricking a good PC is fun. is it?
or use a UPS, on the AC pack line.
what does I need mean. explain that.
I can list 100s of reasons, many are not worth the risk.
the DELL forum you are not on has like 10,000 person bricking a good PC just for fun,,,,
here is the truth, if HP told you , it fixed a problem that YOU have
then flash BIOS. more later.. below.
I flash all the time 1000 times since the first days, of EEPROM.
but only for VALID REASONS.
rule one (mine) I flash with FREEDOS . if no F12.
If the BIOS has a built in FLASH update, this is better. F12.
never use windows ever to flash any EEPROM.
If fact I always look at how the flash runs. first. (no windows)
preemptive multitasking is wrong here.
your PC is 7 years old, 2011.
the newest bios is A25
the support page shows only and EXE file.
in 2012 the PC supports 1 time boot flash methods, F12.
F12 is a NO OS boot BIOS. BIOS then runs in F12 mode
that read the EXE and loads the new bios.
this is the most safe way.
the data sheet say this update only adds new processors.
the CVE , is and Intel chip bug, (exploit)
sure Id flash it but would buy battery first.
or borrow a UPS.
why risk any pc.
I hope yours used F12 method.
if not, risk is higher.
good luck flashing it,
seen many bricked , not one of mine ever.
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