Windows 7: Upgrading BIOS quick question

stubbyhs · 28 Jan 2012

Hi all,

I have an old HP G6000 laptop that I have wiped, put XP on and replaced the faulty Wifi card inside it.

The laptop is not detecting the card, not even as an unknown device in device manager and I was wondering if updating the BIOS would help?

The problem is, the HP site only lists BIS upgrades for Vista and I was wondering if I could upgrade the BIOS using the Vista upgrade or do I need to use an XP one?

Thanks,
StubbyHS

Sardonicus · 28 Jan 2012

I'd check the BIOS to see if something didn't reset or become disabled, first off.

stubbyhs · 28 Jan 2012

How do I check that exactly?

mjf · 28 Jan 2012

Check the manual. On many systems when the PC first boots it will display the key to press to enter the BIOS.

I would only use a BIOS update if HP endorse it for your specific PC and Operating system and you have a good reason to believe it will solve the problem. I would be exploring updating the driver for the new card first.

AddRAM · 28 Jan 2012

Is that the correct name of your laptop ? Only these 2 come up when doing a search.

In my opinion updating a BIOS is not OS specific. If you found a driver for Vista 32 bit it wouldn`t hurt to try it.

Lemur · 28 Jan 2012

Winflash for HP Notebooks:

<html>WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS (for Notebooks with AMD Processors) - Microsoft Windows/Vista-Based</html> HP G6000XX Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

**EDIT oops, as AddRam said, make sure you identify which notebook you have

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