I personally would prefer doing BIOS update from DOS. The Window$ program should work, but you better close all background tasks first! See if you could do it via Safe Mode.
Could the clock be affected by power-saving features? On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Paul Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 August 2013 14:55, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> My friend has a HP DV6-1360US laptop. It originally came with Windows 7 and >> he installed Ubuntu. There are some issues with the clock and he wanted to >> update the BIOS but the instructions for that are for Windows 7 only. >> >> Can the BIOS be updated without using Windows? > > Last time I updated a BIOS it was from a bootable USB stick. > It should be possible to create a DOS (FreeDOS maybe?) bootable stick > from Linux. > > Then just copy the files onto the disk, boot from it and run the flash exe. > > -- > Paul > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGv=MJAVn3=ujDDgteRU_WX_vpJvPB98naiYdQBmNPnSV=o...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
