Wondering...

If I update my firmwares for like: chipset, touchpad driver, Intel turbo boost, etc.

when I restore to a previously made image (like a 3 months ago Image) will the firmwares be reverted back to the old state too?

Yes, what you are listing are drivers, and those will not be part of an image that you made previously. Images have their advantages, but they also have some disadvantages as well, such as reverting back to old software and driver versions.

I see. So I was mentioning drivers not firmwares. How about DVD-ROM and BIOS firmware? I'm asking these question because I've downloaded a firmware update for my BIOS and also want to update my DVD-ROM's firmware due to the error message I received while burning an ISO file:





I'm looking for a site to download the firmware update for my SLIMTYPE DVD A DS8A4S DVD writer.

And I was thinking that If I found an update and later on if I have trouble with my unit and want to do a system restore then will the firmware update be also reverted?

Then I guess that's a NO (revert) to firmware updates and YES (revert) to drivers then.

Firmware is not software, its code stored/written to chips on the device and independent of the OS. Firmware updates are not part of the OS and system restore will have no effect on them. If you flash your BIOS the only way to go back is to flash it again with the original BIOS file. It's not the same thing as writing data to a hard drive either, its a totally different process. If you get it wrong you could brick the device.

Thanks alpha, but what do you mean by BRICK THE DEVICE?

Zyrandiel said:

Thanks alpha, but what do you mean by BRICK THE DEVICE?

Brick the device also refereed to as turning it into a paper weight, door stop or some other useless device. Basically you render it totally non functional and useless.