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Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive

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3. Enter the Service Tag or Express Service Code and click Submit. NOTE: To locate the Service Tag, click Where is my Service Tag? NOTE: If you cannot find your Service Tag, click Detect My Product. Proceed with the instructions on screen. 4. If you are unable to locate or find the Service Tag, click the Product Category of your tabletnotebookdesktop. 5. Choose the Product Type from the list. 6. Select your tabletnotebookdesktop model and the Product Support page of your tabletnotebookdesktop appears. 7. Click Get drivers and click View All Drivers. The Drivers and Downloads page opens. 8. On the Drivers and Downloads screen, under the Operating System drop-down list, select BIOS. 9. Identify the latest BIOS file and click Download File. You can also analyze which drivers need an update. To do this for your product, click Analyze System for Updates and follow the instructions on the screen. 10. Select your preferred download method in the Please select your download method below window, click Download File. The File Download window appears. 11. Click Save to save the file on your tabletnotebookdesktop. 12. Click Run to install the updated BIOS settings on your tabletnotebookdesktop. Follow the instructions on the screen. Next steps NOTE: It is recommended not to update the BIOS version for more than 3 revisions. For example: If you want to update the BIOS from 1.0 to 7.0, then install version 4.0 first and then install version 7.0. Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive About this task If the system cannot load into Windows, but there is still a need to update the BIOS, download the BIOS file using another system and save it to a bootable USB Flash Drive. NOTE: You will need to use a bootable USB flash drive. Please refer to the following article for further details How to Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive using Dell Diagnostic Deployment Package (DDDP) Steps 1. Download the BIOS update .EXE file to another system. 2. Copy the file e.g. O9010A12.EXE onto the bootable USB flash drive. 3. Insert the USB flash drive into the system that requires the BIOS update. 4. Restart the system and press F12 when the Dell splash logo appears to display the One Time Boot Menu. 5. Using arrow keys, select USB Storage Device and click Enter. 6. The system will boot to a Diag C:\> prompt. 7. Run the file by typing the full filename, for example, O9010A12.exe and press Enter. 8. The BIOS Update Utility will load. Follow the instructions on screen. 66 System setup

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3.
Enter the
Service Tag
or
Express Service Code
and click
Submit
.
NOTE:
To locate the Service Tag, click Where is my Service Tag?
NOTE:
If you cannot find your Service Tag, click Detect My Product. Proceed with the instructions on screen.
4.
If you are unable to locate or find the Service Tag, click the Product Category of your tabletnotebookdesktop.
5.
Choose the
Product Type
from the list.
6.
Select your tabletnotebookdesktop model and the
Product Support
page of your tabletnotebookdesktop appears.
7.
Click
Get drivers
and click
View All Drivers
.
The Drivers and Downloads page opens.
8.
On the Drivers and Downloads screen, under the
Operating System
drop-down list, select
BIOS
.
9.
Identify the latest BIOS file and click
Download File
.
You can also analyze which drivers need an update. To do this for your product, click
Analyze System for Updates
and follow the
instructions on the screen.
10.
Select your preferred download method in the
Please select your download method below
window, click
Download File
.
The
File Download
window appears.
11.
Click
Save
to save the file on your tabletnotebookdesktop.
12.
Click
Run
to install the updated BIOS settings on your tabletnotebookdesktop.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Next steps
NOTE:
It is recommended not to update the BIOS version for more than 3 revisions. For example: If you want to update
the BIOS from 1.0 to 7.0, then install version 4.0 first and then install version 7.0.
Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash
drive
About this task
If the system cannot load into Windows, but there is still a need to update the BIOS, download the BIOS file using another system and
save it to a bootable USB Flash Drive.
NOTE:
You will need to use a bootable USB flash drive. Please refer to the following article for further details
How to
Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive using Dell Diagnostic Deployment Package (DDDP)
Steps
1.
Download the BIOS update .EXE file to another system.
2.
Copy the file e.g. O9010A12.EXE onto the bootable USB flash drive.
3.
Insert the USB flash drive into the system that requires the BIOS update.
4.
Restart the system and press F12 when the Dell splash logo appears to display the One Time Boot Menu.
5.
Using arrow keys, select
USB Storage Device
and click
Enter
.
6.
The system will boot to a Diag C:\> prompt.
7.
Run the file by typing the full filename, for example, O9010A12.exe and press
Enter
.
8.
The BIOS Update Utility will load. Follow the instructions on screen.
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