Dell D630 BIOS update

[xXATHERIALXx]

So I have an old Dell Latitude D630 running Zorin Linux and I was wondering how I update the BIOS from A9 to A19 the only way I've found requires windows and I don't want to have to reinstall it. Is there a way to update it manually?

[Electronics Wizardy]

I think you need windows, but unless there is a problem there is no reason normally to upgrade the bios.

[xXATHERIALXx]

I was going to update the BIOS so I can add more than 4GB Ram.

Since Zorin has Wine could I still use the windows app or would it not work properly?

[JohnMLTX]

What's the service tag for that laptop? I actually might have a way to make a bootable USB that can run that for you. This is actually my day job.

[xXATHERIALXx]

1 minute ago, JohnMLTX said:

What's the service tag for that laptop? I actually might have a way to make a bootable USB that can run that for you. This is actually my day job.

The tag is 3NRSMG1

[JohnMLTX]

Oh, perfect! I imagine you're trying to install the a19 bios file, right? If that's the case, all you need is a flash drive, that exe, and Rufus! https://rufus.akeo.ie/

 

Download that little program, plug your drive in, make sure it's empty, and then fire up Rufus. Where it says Make Bootable, check that box and pick FreeDos.

 

Once Rufus does his magic, throw the BIOS exe file on the root of the drive. Shutdown, boot from usb, and then type D630_A19 to run the update. No windows or Wine required.

[xXATHERIALXx]

2 minutes ago, JohnMLTX said:

Oh, perfect! I imagine you're trying to install the a19 bios file, right? If that's the case, all you need is a flash drive, that exe, and Rufus! https://rufus.akeo.ie/

 

Download that little program, plug your drive in, make sure it's empty, and then fire up Rufus. Where it says Make Bootable, check that box and pick FreeDos.

 

Once Rufus does his magic, throw the BIOS exe file on the root of the drive. Shutdown, boot from usb, and then type D630_A19 to run the update. No windows or Wine required.

Ok I'll give it a try, I'll keep you posted on how it goes 

[xXATHERIALXx]

14 minutes ago, JohnMLTX said:

Oh, perfect! I imagine you're trying to install the a19 bios file, right? If that's the case, all you need is a flash drive, that exe, and Rufus! https://rufus.akeo.ie/

 

Download that little program, plug your drive in, make sure it's empty, and then fire up Rufus. Where it says Make Bootable, check that box and pick FreeDos.

 

Once Rufus does his magic, throw the BIOS exe file on the root of the drive. Shutdown, boot from usb, and then type D630_A19 to run the update. No windows or Wine required.

So i installed rufus on the laptop using wine to run it and the drive wont show up, im going to do it on a windows system tommorow

[JohnMLTX]

Oh, right, you're running in linux. I'm sorry, I'm dead. Try using Unetbootin instead: https://unetbootin.github.io/

[xXATHERIALXx]

21 hours ago, JohnMLTX said:

Oh, right, you're running in linux. I'm sorry, I'm dead. Try using Unetbootin instead: https://unetbootin.github.io/

I got the drive to work and the flash worked, thanks for the help

[JohnMLTX]

1 hour ago, xXATHERIALXx said:

I got the drive to work and the flash worked, thanks for the help

Excellent! Glad to hear it.