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Will a laptop bios update automatically?

  • 04-06-2010 10:59PM
    #1
    PrimalTherapy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭


    Friend has an old compaq laptop which would boot with a compaq logo. Now it boots with a hp invent logo but he did not update the bios. On checking the bios is years old. Why has the logo changed? It is working OK, this is a curiosity


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    PrimalTherapy wrote: »
    Friend has an old compaq laptop which would boot with a compaq logo. Now it boots with a hp invent logo but he did not update the bios. On checking the bios is years old. Why has the logo changed? It is working OK, this is a curiosity

    Some computers ship with a "system update" software which keeps the systems drivers up to date, never heard of one updating the bios aswell though, seems like a silly thing to make "automatic" due to people screwing them up, bios shouldn't be flashed in a windows environment anyways :P

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  • #3
    PrimalTherapy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭PrimalTherapy


    yoyo wrote: »
    Some computers ship with a "system update" software which keeps the systems drivers up to date, never heard of one updating the bios aswell though, seems like a silly thing to make "automatic" due to people screwing them up, bios shouldn't be flashed in a windows environment anyways :P

    Nick
    Must have updated automatically funny thing is why now as it is years old and the info on the bios says it is still years old


  • #4
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    He didn't give it in to a pc repair store and get it back looking a little... different ... did he?


  • #5
    PrimalTherapy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭PrimalTherapy


    wolfric wrote: »
    He didn't give it in to a pc repair store and get it back looking a little... different ... did he?
    no just noticed a change on boot


  • #6
    softdancomputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭softdancomputer


    No, there isnt such a option for now as an auto update of the bios. There are auto update programs for some boards (Gigabytes, Asustek), but you have to run them manually from Windows; else the common bios update method is flashing via floppy or CD. There are option for some MB's to change the bios boot logo, but isn't the case for an old Compaq.


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  • #7
    PrimalTherapy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭PrimalTherapy


    softdancomputer wrote: »
    No, there isnt such a option for now as an auto update of the bios. There are auto update programs for some boards (Gigabytes, Asustek), but you have to run them manually from Windows; else the common bios update method is flashing via floppy or CD. There are option for some MB's to change the bios boot logo, but isn't the case for an old Compaq.
    then what happened?


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