Another 22.04 problem, reboot fails, have to power cycle

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 21:01, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> I've managed to find the current BIOS version, it's V4.6.5.3 R1.12.0,
> the motherboard is a D3162-A12.
>
> There is a (slightly) newer BIOS, version R1.16 (no others were
> released between R1.12 and R1.16).  Looking at the readme with the
> newer version I can't see anything much that would fix what I'm
> seeing.

That's not always indicative. Companies are scared of admitting
anything that might get them in trouble.

> There is also the problem of actually doing a BIOS upgrade without a
> Windows installation on the machine.

You might be able to load it from DOS, or inside the BIOS itself from a USB key.

Failing that, you might be able to use a live Windows environment,
such as Hiren's.

https://www.hirensbootcd.org/


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