On 08-01-2021 20:52, Fred wrote: > On 1/8/21 8:09 AM, Antony Stone wrote: >> On Friday 08 January 2021 at 15:43:37, Fred wrote: >> >>> Is there a Devuan program that can update the motherboard BIOS? I >>> don't >>> do Windows. >> >> I can't imagine there being anything Devuan-specific for this sort of >> thing >> (ie: it'll either be standard Debian, or generic Linux), but to get a >> meaningful answer to the question the main bit of information you >> need to >> supply is "what make / model of motherboard". >> >> >> Antony. >> > I don't understand what you mean. As far as I know one has to use > Windows to update a BIOS. > > I bought a Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 mb and an Intel i5-7500 CPU which is > listed as compatible with that mb. Unfortunately that CPU requires > F20 version BIOS and the mb came with F3. It will not run at all > without F20. I will need to buy an older CPU that will work with F3 > which will allow the computer to power up. If there is a Linux > program to update the BIOS then I can install Devuan and then update. > Otherwise I will still have to buy the old CPU and find someone that > has a bootable Windows HD useable on the mb and have them update the > BIOS. > > Best regards, > Fred > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
You do not need Windows to update a BIOS on a Gigabyte mb but can use Q-Flash from BIOS instead. Too bad you still need a working processor and memory to make this work. Your motherboard does not support Q-Flash Plus with which you even do not need a processor to update the BIOS. Grtz. Nick
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