Dell E521 Bios Update Question with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit  


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    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
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    Dell E521 Bios Update Question with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit


    I replaced the hard drive in my Dell Dimension E521, with a new 320GB (non Dell Specific) WD unit, and loaded Windows 7 Pro (again, non Dell specific version). The old hard drive was bad.

    I downloaded the 1.1.11 BIOS update (http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDeta...) to a bootable USB flash drive. When I boot the computer off of the flash drive, it comes up with the C: thing and does nothing else.

    Am I supposed to type something in there, to get it to update the BIOS or access the file on the flash drive?

    I'm kind of new to this stuff, but learning...

    I want to update the BIOS, to be able to install the AMD Athlon 64 X 2 6000+ processor. The current version is 1.1.6.

    Thanks in advance for any advice...

    Rich
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    Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
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    i believe you are suppose to run the bios update program from within windows. So when you have windows running; try running the bios update there.
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you Matts6887...

    I tried that using the Dell loader. It shows a message that states "unapproved system" and won't continue.
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