USB Booting for Bios Update
I bought some extra RAM for my machine (it has 4GB of RAM now). However, the computer would not recognize the extra RAM. So, off I went to my motherboard manufacturer’s site and looked up possible BIOS updates.
And then, the question is…how do you update your bios without a floppy disk. I did not have cd-rw’s at hand, so I had to get it working with a usb flash drive.
After lot of research, I found a
- HP Drive Key Booting Utility
- A bootable cdrom image from bootdisk.com
Installed the utility, and picked the bootable image (.img format). And I was off to the races….
I wish I had run into this page earlier.
About robotgeek
Rocker, philosopher, Mac lover, geek, robotics freak and an optimist. These describe me adequately, i guess!
When I find time away from my lab, I love to code my robots using java to be compatible with robocode . I also make it a point to visit Slashdot or read on Wikipedia . Of course, all this has to be done while listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Metallica or Pearl Jam, mostly on Shoutcast online radio .
I also like to read. Though I don't find much time now, I generally stick to what I like, which is Ayn Rand. Let's just hope the world heads in the right direction
2004 has been the year of the blog, and I could not be left out!
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You can make computer recognize 4+ GB Ram if you use a 64biit OS, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension chanhdat