Dell dimension 8200 Bios won't update

[squall_leonhart69r]

I have Dell dimension 8200 with 160 gb hard disk. The problem i can't upadte update BIOS. I followed all the instruction given in the manual,Shut down the computer and turned it back on with the CD in the CD drive. The BIOS didn't update. Thanks for any help you can give me.

[Rawko]

Use a USB instead of CD and Put the BIOS update file on it. Then boot into pure DOS. It sounds like the CD was formatted but not made "bootable". At the prompt, type in the BIOS update EXE file and then put "/forceit" without the quotes. Note, there is a space between the E on EXE and the /.

[deoWo]

For download bios update of Dell dimension 8200 check this link: Dell Inspiron 8200 System BIOS

[RoninBlade]

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