Hi all,
I have an HP laptop (Pavilion dv5230tx) which has a very old BIOS
installed and I want to upgrade to the latest version. According to
HP's change log, Core 2 Duo support wasn't added to the BIOS until the
version after the one I have, even though the laptop has a Core 2 Duo
processor.
I've been trying to get suspend and hibernate working, and I suspect the
old BIOS is part of the problem. Hibernate used to work before I had
the motherboard replaced, and I'm fairly sure that the old one had a
more recent BIOS. I've had a couple of other weird occasional problems
which I suspect are due to the BIOS (keyboard not working after boot and
mouse behaving very strangely) too.
Unfortunately HP only provide updates as a package with a Windows (not
DOS) program called WinFlash. I've wiped Windows off the laptop, so my
only choices are to reinstall Windows (which means wiping Linux first
because HP only provide "recovery" discs and I don't have a spare laptop
SATA drive), or to run WinFlash with wine. I've started the program and
it does appear to run, but I haven't been game to let it flash the BIOS
yet. Does anyone know whether it's likely to work or if it'll turn my
laptop into a brick, or is there another way to do it?
Thanks,
John
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