BIOS Updates forum

I have an old Compaq SR1303WM computer with the ASUS A7V8X-LA board and it's original BIOS version was v3.11. Flash updated it to v3.15 and could not reproduce the "video" problems OP was having. So the ASUS A7V8X-LA board that I have is working fine, though I replaced that faulty Bestec ATX-250-12Z...

never flash update a BIOS on a Toshiba laptop while using other programs or doing other stuff like Internet surfing. that's pretty much asking for trouble there. and flashing a Toshiba laptop BIOS always require AC power meaning the laptop power cord should be plugged into the laptop. and if there ...

the Dell Asset Utility from the R109071.exe package can be used to edit or change the asset tag or service tag. But you need either a bootable floppy disk or bootable usb flash drive to run the asset tag tool because it is run in pure DOS mode.

more specifically, external usb based CD drives can only be connected to USB 2.0 or faster usb ports.
they won't work or work very slowly if they're connected to usb 1.1 ports.
check to make sure your mini-notebook pc uses usb 2.0 ports or higher.

jdavis10, are you absolutely sure you are using a Dell Latitude D830 and not D820? Go to the Dell support site , click on Drivers & Downloads section, enter the Service Tag number of your Dell Latitude laptop to obtain specific BIOS downloads for your laptop. Latest Latitude D820 BIOS is version A10...