[SOLVED] BIOS Updating a prebuilt?

[RadiatingLight]

What would be the best way to update the BIOS on this prebuilt:

 

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-8700/?oc=&l=en&s=dhs

[aeroencychris]

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=TDDNW&fileId=3475261868&osCode=WT64A&productCode=xps-8700&languageCode=en&categoryId=BI

 

It's under the support tab on the page you linked

[RadiatingLight]

2 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=TDDNW&fileId=3475261868&osCode=WT64A&productCode=xps-8700&languageCode=en&categoryId=BI

 

It's under the support tab on the page you linked

Oh...

I didn't realize that it was an EXE

I thought i had to boot from a USB stick or somethign

[aeroencychris]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

Oh...

I didn't realize that it was an EXE

I thought i had to boot from a USB stick or somethign

BIOS updates come in all different formats, but generally there's an exe you can just run within Windows and it'll take care of the rest

[Guest]

5 hours ago, RadiatingLight said:

Oh...

I didn't realize that it was an EXE

I thought i had to boot from a USB stick or somethign

If it is in different format than EXE you can just put it in your USB stick go to BIOS and browse the file you put it in

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

If it is in different format than EXE you can just put it in your USB stick go to BIOS and browse the file you put it in

really? I thought that a boot drive needs some special thing to become bootable. not every flash drive can be booted from, right?

[Guest]

5 hours ago, RadiatingLight said:

really? I thought that a boot drive needs some special thing to become bootable. not every flash drive can be booted from, right?

When I update my BIOS I just put the file in the flash drive (it was not an exe and don't remember what it was)

Then under BIOS has an option for me to access USB stick and browse the update file

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

When I update my BIOS I just put the file in the flash drive (it was not an exe and don't remember what it was)

Then under BIOS has an option for me to access USB stick and browse the update file

oh.. yeah that would work, but the bios on this machine was very crap, and i doubt it has that option.