c/pcmasterrace · by sanitation@lemmy.today · 15d

A Lenovo Legion Go BIOS update is bricking handhelds, and out-of-warranty repairs aren't cheap

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/a-lenovo-legion-go-bios-update-is-bricking-handhelds-and-out-of-warranty-repairs-arent-cheap

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halfapage@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 15d (4 replies)

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tal@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 15d (3 replies)

The OS will stage it, and the update will actually happen on reboot.

If you're using a Linux system, you probably have fwupd installed, which can pull down BIOS updates for various attached devices, including motherboard BIOSes. I'm sure that Windows has some analog.

halfapage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 15d (2 replies)

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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 15d

Yes that's standard, as far as I know every x86 PC updates the BIOS this way.

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 3 pts · 15d

Even in DOS days you could flash it from the running system. It was so common that for a while flashing a vendor's BIOS update entailed booting from a DOS bootdisk.